Dying, death, and afterlife in Dharma traditions and Western religions
By: edited by Adarsh Deepak and Rita DasGupta Sherma.
Contributors: Deepak, Adarsh.; Sherma, Rita DasGupta.; American Academy of Religion. Meeting
Series: Indic heritage series. Contemporary issues in constructive Dharma -- v. 4
Publisher: Deepak Heritage
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Hampton, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 103
ISBN-13: 9780937194515
Subjects: Death -- Religious aspects -- Congresses.; Future life -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: "Proceedings of a session at the Third DANAM Conference held at 2005 American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 18-20 November 2005."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is it like to die? : analytical assessment of ancient Indian Vedic philosophical concerns with death / Arindam Chakrabarti; title: Death, afterlife, and in-between : Buddhist perspectives / Karma Lekshe Tsomo; title: Dying and death in Jaina Dharma traditions / Christopher K. Chapple; title: Social sources of the afterlife in Western religions : Judaism, Christianity, and Islam / Alan Segal.