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Death, Dying, and the Afterlife: Lessons from World Cultures

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Explore how great faiths, philosophies, and cultures all over the world perceive death (and life), guided by a religion scholar and award-winning professor.

Syllabus

  • 01: Death's Place in Our Lives
  • 02: Defining Death
  • 03: Death, Illusion, and Meaning
  • 04: Is It Rational to Fear Death?
  • 05: Understanding and Coping with Grief
  • 06: Death Rituals and the Corpse
  • 07: American Death Rituals
  • 08: Approaches to Dying Well
  • 09: Judaism on Death and the Afterlife
  • 10: Death and Hope in Christianity
  • 11: Islam on Returning to God
  • 12: Death, Rebirth, and Liberation in Hinduism
  • 13: Buddhism on Impermanence and Mindfulness
  • 14: The Process of Dying in Tibetan Buddhism
  • 15: Confucian Remembrance, Daoist Forgetting
  • 16: Death and Syncretism in China
  • 17: Suicide Examined
  • 18: The Choice of Euthanasia
  • 19: Killing in War and the Pacifist Challenge
  • 20: Considering Capital Punishment
  • 21: Killing Non-Human Animals
  • 22: Near-Death Experiences
  • 23: The Pursuit of Immortality
  • 24: The Value of Death
  • By This Professor

Taught by

Mark Berkson

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