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UNDERSTANDING DEATH An Introduction to Ideas of Self and the Afterlife in World Religions A N G E L A S U M E G I Understanding Death Tomyhusband,Zsolt(1945–2010) Understanding Death An Introduction to Ideas of Self and the Afterlife in World Religions Angela Sumegi Thiseditionfirstpublished2014 (cid:2)C 2014AngelaSumegi RegisteredOffice JohnWiley&SonsLtd,TheAtrium,SouthernGate,Chichester,WestSussex,PO198SQ, UK EditorialOffices 350MainStreet,Malden,MA02148-5020,USA 9600GarsingtonRoad,Oxford,OX42DQ,UK TheAtrium,SouthernGate,Chichester,WestSussex,PO198SQ,UK Fordetailsofourglobaleditorialoffices,forcustomerservices,andforinformation abouthowtoapplyforpermissiontoreusethecopyrightmaterialinthisbookplease seeourwebsiteatwww.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell. TherightofAngelaSumegitobeidentifiedastheauthorofthisworkhasbeenasserted inaccordancewiththeUKCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrieval system,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical, photocopying,recordingorotherwise,exceptaspermittedbytheUKCopyright, DesignsandPatentsAct1988,withoutthepriorpermissionofthepublisher. Wileyalsopublishesitsbooksinavarietyofelectronicformats.Somecontentthat appearsinprintmaynotbeavailableinelectronicbooks. Designationsusedbycompaniestodistinguishtheirproductsareoftenclaimedas trademarks.Allbrandnamesandproductnamesusedinthisbookaretradenames, servicemarks,trademarksorregisteredtrademarksoftheirrespectiveowners.The publisherisnotassociatedwithanyproductorvendormentionedinthisbook.This publicationisdesignedtoprovideaccurateandauthoritativeinformationinregardto thesubjectmattercovered.Itissoldontheunderstandingthatthepublisherisnot engagedinrenderingprofessionalservices.Ifprofessionaladviceorotherexpert assistanceisrequired,theservicesofacompetentprofessionalshouldbesought. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Sumegi,Angela,1948– Understandingdeath:anintroductiontoideasofselfandtheafterlifeinworld religions/AngelaSumegi. pagescm Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-1-4051-5370-6(cloth)–ISBN978-1-4051-5371-3(pbk.) 1.Death—Religious aspects—Comparativestudies. 2.Futurelife—Comparativestudies. I.Title. BL504.S862013 (cid:3) 202.3–dc23 2013015109 AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. Coverimage:Awomangrievesatherfather’sfuneralintheVanVienCemetery,Hanoi, Vietnam.Photo(cid:2)C LarryTowell/MagnumPhotos CoverdesignbyDesignDeluxe Setin10.5/13.5ptPalatinobyAptaraInc.,NewDelhi,India 1 2014 Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii 1 UnderstandingDeath 1 ReturnfromtheDead 4 DebatesandDefinitions 9 DeathandtheSelf 14 RitualandTransformation 19 Notes 22 ReferencesandFurtherReading 22 2 PrimalPerspectivesonDeath 25 SoulTheoriesofPrimalPeoples 28 TheDestinyofSouls 34 AfterlifeamongtheWarao 35 RitualsofDeparture 40 AConversationonUnderstandingDeath 44 ReferencesandFurtherReading 46 3 DeathintheAncientWorld 49 Egypt 51 Contents EgyptianSoulTheory 52 TransformingtheBody 54 EgyptianAfterlife 56 TheStoryofOsiris 58 Mesopotamia 61 GilgameshandtheSearchforImmortality 63 TheSpiritsoftheDeadinMesopotamianCulture 64 Persia 66 ZoroasterandtheEvilofDeath 67 SalvationforAll 68 Notes 71 ReferencesandFurtherReading 71 4 JewishPerspectivesonDeath 73 TheBeginningofDeath 78 TheSoulandSheol 80 ResurrectionandtheWorldtoCome 86 TheJourneyoftheSoul 91 RitualsofDeparture 97 AConversationonUnderstandingDeath 101 Notes 103 ReferencesandFurtherReading 104 5 ChristianPerspectivesonDeath 105 TheDeathofJesus 107 DevelopmentsinChristianThoughtontheSoul 111 ResurrectionandEternalLife 114 HeavenandHell 119 RitualsofDeparture 128 AConversationonUnderstandingDeath 131 Notes 133 ReferencesandFurtherReading 133 6 MuslimPerspectivesonDeath 135 TheNamesofGod 140 RuhandNafs 143 TheTrialoftheGrave 146 TheGarden(Janna)andtheFire(Jahannam) 150 ModernIslamicViewsonHeavenandHell 154 vi Contents RitualsofDeparture 156 AConversationonUnderstandingDeath 159 Notes 161 ReferencesandFurtherReading 162 7 HinduPerspectivesonDeath 165 FeedingtheAncestors 166 TheFirstSacrifice 168 Death,theImmortal 173 TheInnerController 174 IntheHouseofDeath 180 TheThreePathstoLiberation 182 RitualsofDeparture 187 AConversationonUnderstandingDeath 192 Notes 194 ReferencesandFurtherReading 195 8 BuddhistPerspectivesonDeath 197 TheLifeandDeathoftheBuddha 198 TheNobleTruths 201 Karma,Self,andtheWheelofBecoming 204 Nirvana:TheDeathless 211 RitualsofDeparture 214 AConversationonUnderstandingDeath 225 Notes 227 ReferencesandFurtherReading 228 9 DaoistPerspectivesonDeath 229 TheAncestors 230 SoulTheories 235 TheNamelessWay 237 TransformationsoftheSelf 239 TheSearchforImmortality 242 RitualsofDeparture 245 AConversationonUnderstandingDeath 250 Notes 252 ReferencesandFurtherReading 253 Index 255 vii

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A comprehensive survey of how religions understand death, dying, and the afterlife, drawing on examples from Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Shamanic perspectives. - Considers shared and differing views of death across the world’s major religions, including on the nature of death itself, t

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