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Conceptions Of The Afterlife In Early Civilizations: Universalism,
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Conceptions Of The Afterlife In Early Civilizations: Universalism, Constructivism And Near-Death Experience (continuum Advances In Religious Studies) Hardcover - 2009 - 1st Edition

by Gregory Shushan


From the publisher

Gregory Shushan challenges post-modern scholarly attitudes concerning cross-cultural comparisons in the study of religions. In an original and innovative piece of comparative research, he analyses afterlife conceptions in five ancient civilisations (Old and Middle Kingdom Egypt, Sumerian and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia, Vedic India, pre-Buddhist China, and pre-Columbian Mesoamerica). These are considered in light of historical and contemporary reports of near-death experiences, and shamanic afterlife 'journeys'. Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations is a significant study, for it presents a comprehensive new comparative framework for the cross-cultural study of myth and religion, while at the same time providing a fascinating exploration of the interface between belief and experience.

Details

  • Title Conceptions Of The Afterlife In Early Civilizations: Universalism, Constructivism And Near-Death Experience (continuum Advances In Religious Studies)
  • Author Gregory Shushan
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 224
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Academic, London
  • Date 2009
  • ISBN 9780826440730

About the author

Gregory Shushan is Perrott-Warrick Researcher at the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion, University of Oxford, UK. Gavin Flood is Academic Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and the author of An Introduction to Hinduism (CUP 2004).