Christopher M. Moreman is Associate Professor and Department Chair of Philosophy and Religious Studies at California State University, East Bay, USA.

A remarkably impressive collection of various points of view on death and afterlife. The joining of conventional religious worldviews with the latest research coming out of psychical science - including the near-death experience, children’s reincarnational memories, and ghosts the world over - is especially noteworthy. A professor teaching a course on death couldn’t do better than selecting this as his or her one and only text for the course. Stafford Betty, California State University, USA.

• List of ContributorsIntroduction – Christopher M. MoremanSection 1: Religious Approaches to Death and the Afterlife1. Catholic Views of the Afterlife – Diana Walsh Pasulka2. Protestant Views of the Afterlife – Mark S. Sweetnam3. Mormon Views of the Afterlife – Daniel Belnap4. Christian Funerary Traditions – Thomas G. Long5. Jewish Views of the Afterlife – Dan Cohn-Sherbok6. Jewish Funeral and Mourning Practices – Vanessa L. Ochs7. Muslim Views of the Afterlife – David Cook8. Funerary Culture in Islam – Amila Buturovic9. Zoroastrian Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – Almut Hintze10. Sikh Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – Arvind-Pal S. Mandair11. Hindu Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – T. S. Rukmani12. Jaina Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – Peter Flügel13. Theravāda Buddhist Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – Rachelle M. Scott14. Tibetan Buddhist Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – Matthew T. Kapstein15. Shinto and Death: From Cultural Roots to Contemporary Thought – Stuart D. B. Picken16. Early Chinese Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – Mu-chou Poo17. Contemporary Daoist Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – Adeline Herrou18. North American Indigenous Afterlife Beliefs – Joseph A. P. Wilson19. African Afterlife Beliefs – Zayin Cabot20. Overcoming Death in New Religious Movements – Susan J. Palmer21. Afterlife Beliefs in the Spiritualist Movement – Walter Meyer zu Erpen22. Death and the Afterlife in the Raëlian Religion – Erik A. W. Östling & James R. LewisSection 2: General Beliefs and Practices23. Heavens and Hells – Eileen Gardiner24. Reincarnation – James A. Santucci25. Mysticism – Thomas Quartier26. The American Cemetery – Albert N. Hamscher27. Cremation – Douglas J. Davies28. Mummification – Heather Gill-Frerking29. Digital Memorial – Candi K. CannSection 3: Liminal States and Liminal Beings30. Near-Death Experiences – Gregory Shushan31. Past-life Memories – Jim B. Tucker32. Ghosts – Owen Davies33. Angels – John Charles Arnold & Tony Walter34. The Undead: Vampires and Zombies – John Edgar Browning35. Animals – Barbara R. Ambros & Laura Hobgood36. Organ Donation and Spirit Possession – Lesley A. SharpSection 4: On Dying37. Defining Medical Death – James L. Bernat38. The Death Awareness Movement – Lucy Bregman39. Conceptual Approaches to Understanding the Dying Process – Kenneth J. Doka40. The Cross-Cultural Study of Grief – Dennis Klass41. A "Good Death" in Hospice Palliative Care – Harold Coward & Elizabeth Causton42. Assisted Dying – Paul BadhamSection 5: Additional Ethical Considerations43. Suicide: Psychopathology, Existential Choice, or Religious/Cultural Influences – Mark M. Leach & Frederick T. L. Leong 44. Martyrdom – Paul Middleton45. The Psychology of Mass Murder and Serial Killing – Katherine Ramsland46. Abortion – Daniel C. Maguire47. Intellectual Disability and the End of Life

Christopher M. Moreman is Associate Professor and Department Chair of Philosophy and Religious Studies at California State University, East Bay, USA.

A remarkably impressive collection of various points of view on death and afterlife. The joining of conventional religious worldviews with the latest research coming out of psychical science - including the near-death experience, children’s reincarnational memories, and ghosts the world over - is especially noteworthy. A professor teaching a course on death couldn’t do better than selecting this as his or her one and only text for the course. Stafford Betty, California State University, USA.

• List of ContributorsIntroduction – Christopher M. MoremanSection 1: Religious Approaches to Death and the Afterlife1. Catholic Views of the Afterlife – Diana Walsh Pasulka2. Protestant Views of the Afterlife – Mark S. Sweetnam3. Mormon Views of the Afterlife – Daniel Belnap4. Christian Funerary Traditions – Thomas G. Long5. Jewish Views of the Afterlife – Dan Cohn-Sherbok6. Jewish Funeral and Mourning Practices – Vanessa L. Ochs7. Muslim Views of the Afterlife – David Cook8. Funerary Culture in Islam – Amila Buturovic9. Zoroastrian Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – Almut Hintze10. Sikh Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – Arvind-Pal S. Mandair11. Hindu Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – T. S. Rukmani12. Jaina Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – Peter Flügel13. Theravāda Buddhist Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – Rachelle M. Scott14. Tibetan Buddhist Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – Matthew T. Kapstein15. Shinto and Death: From Cultural Roots to Contemporary Thought – Stuart D. B. Picken16. Early Chinese Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – Mu-chou Poo17. Contemporary Daoist Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – Adeline Herrou18. North American Indigenous Afterlife Beliefs – Joseph A. P. Wilson19. African Afterlife Beliefs – Zayin Cabot20. Overcoming Death in New Religious Movements – Susan J. Palmer21. Afterlife Beliefs in the Spiritualist Movement – Walter Meyer zu Erpen22. Death and the Afterlife in the Raëlian Religion – Erik A. W. Östling & James R. LewisSection 2: General Beliefs and Practices23. Heavens and Hells – Eileen Gardiner24. Reincarnation – James A. Santucci25. Mysticism – Thomas Quartier26. The American Cemetery – Albert N. Hamscher27. Cremation – Douglas J. Davies28. Mummification – Heather Gill-Frerking29. Digital Memorial – Candi K. CannSection 3: Liminal States and Liminal Beings30. Near-Death Experiences – Gregory Shushan31. Past-life Memories – Jim B. Tucker32. Ghosts – Owen Davies33. Angels – John Charles Arnold & Tony Walter34. The Undead: Vampires and Zombies – John Edgar Browning35. Animals – Barbara R. Ambros & Laura Hobgood36. Organ Donation and Spirit Possession – Lesley A. SharpSection 4: On Dying37. Defining Medical Death – James L. Bernat38. The Death Awareness Movement – Lucy Bregman39. Conceptual Approaches to Understanding the Dying Process – Kenneth J. Doka40. The Cross-Cultural Study of Grief – Dennis Klass41. A "Good Death" in Hospice Palliative Care – Harold Coward & Elizabeth Causton42. Assisted Dying – Paul BadhamSection 5: Additional Ethical Considerations43. Suicide: Psychopathology, Existential Choice, or Religious/Cultural Influences – Mark M. Leach & Frederick T. L. Leong 44. Martyrdom – Paul Middleton45. The Psychology of Mass Murder and Serial Killing – Katherine Ramsland46. Abortion – Daniel C. Maguire47. Intellectual Disability and the End of Life

Christopher M. Moreman is Associate Professor and Department Chair of Philosophy and Religious Studies at California State University, East Bay, USA.

A remarkably impressive collection of various points of view on death and afterlife. The joining of conventional religious worldviews with the latest research coming out of psychical science - including the near-death experience, children’s reincarnational memories, and ghosts the world over - is especially noteworthy. A professor teaching a course on death couldn’t do better than selecting this as his or her one and only text for the course. Stafford Betty, California State University, USA.

• List of ContributorsIntroduction – Christopher M. MoremanSection 1: Religious Approaches to Death and the Afterlife1. Catholic Views of the Afterlife – Diana Walsh Pasulka2. Protestant Views of the Afterlife – Mark S. Sweetnam3. Mormon Views of the Afterlife – Daniel Belnap4. Christian Funerary Traditions – Thomas G. Long5. Jewish Views of the Afterlife – Dan Cohn-Sherbok6. Jewish Funeral and Mourning Practices – Vanessa L. Ochs7. Muslim Views of the Afterlife – David Cook8. Funerary Culture in Islam – Amila Buturovic9. Zoroastrian Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – Almut Hintze10. Sikh Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – Arvind-Pal S. Mandair11. Hindu Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – T. S. Rukmani12. Jaina Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – Peter Flügel13. Theravāda Buddhist Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – Rachelle M. Scott14. Tibetan Buddhist Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – Matthew T. Kapstein15. Shinto and Death: From Cultural Roots to Contemporary Thought – Stuart D. B. Picken16. Early Chinese Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – Mu-chou Poo17. Contemporary Daoist Afterlife Beliefs and Funerary Practices – Adeline Herrou18. North American Indigenous Afterlife Beliefs – Joseph A. P. Wilson19. African Afterlife Beliefs – Zayin Cabot20. Overcoming Death in New Religious Movements – Susan J. Palmer21. Afterlife Beliefs in the Spiritualist Movement – Walter Meyer zu Erpen22. Death and the Afterlife in the Raëlian Religion – Erik A. W. Östling & James R. LewisSection 2: General Beliefs and Practices23. Heavens and Hells – Eileen Gardiner24. Reincarnation – James A. Santucci25. Mysticism – Thomas Quartier26. The American Cemetery – Albert N. Hamscher27. Cremation – Douglas J. Davies28. Mummification – Heather Gill-Frerking29. Digital Memorial – Candi K. CannSection 3: Liminal States and Liminal Beings30. Near-Death Experiences – Gregory Shushan31. Past-life Memories – Jim B. Tucker32. Ghosts – Owen Davies33. Angels – John Charles Arnold & Tony Walter34. The Undead: Vampires and Zombies – John Edgar Browning35. Animals – Barbara R. Ambros & Laura Hobgood36. Organ Donation and Spirit Possession – Lesley A. SharpSection 4: On Dying37. Defining Medical Death – James L. Bernat38. The Death Awareness Movement – Lucy Bregman39. Conceptual Approaches to Understanding the Dying Process – Kenneth J. Doka40. The Cross-Cultural Study of Grief – Dennis Klass41. A "Good Death" in Hospice Palliative Care – Harold Coward & Elizabeth Causton42. Assisted Dying – Paul BadhamSection 5: Additional Ethical Considerations43. Suicide: Psychopathology, Existential Choice, or Religious/Cultural Influences – Mark M. Leach & Frederick T. L. Leong 44. Martyrdom – Paul Middleton45. The Psychology of Mass Murder and Serial Killing – Katherine Ramsland46. Abortion – Daniel C. Maguire47. Intellectual Disability and the End of Life