Conceptions of the afterlife in early civilizations : universalism, constructivism, and near-death experience /

Conceptions of the afterlife in early civilizations : universalism, constructivism, and near-death experience /

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Author / Creator:Shushan, Gregory.
Imprint:London ; New York : Continuum, c2009.
Description:xv, 238 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Continuum advances in religious studies
Subject:
Future life.
Universalism.
Near-death experiences.
Future life.
Near-death experiences.
Universalism.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7727650
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ISBN:9780826440730
0826440738
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]-224) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations of Primary Sources
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Theory and Methodology in Concept and Application
  • 1. Comparison, Universalism, and the Rehabilitation of the Comparative 'Similar'
  • 2. Early Civilizations, Contact, Diffusion, and Cultural Continuity
  • 3. Near-Death Experience
  • Part 2. Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations
  • 4. Old and Middle Kingdom Egypt
  • Introduction
  • The Pyramid Texts
  • Teaching for King Merikare
  • The Coffin Texts
  • The Book of Two Ways
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • 5. Sumerian and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia
  • Introduction
  • The Bilgames Texts
  • Inana's Descent to the Underworld and Other Dumuzid Texts
  • Ningishzida's Journey to the Netherworld
  • The Death of Ur-Namma
  • Enlil and Ninlil
  • Etana and Other 'Ascent' Texts
  • Other Miscellaneous Texts
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • 6. Vedic India
  • Introduction
  • The Vedas
  • The Brahmanas
  • The Upanishads
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • 7. Pre-Buddhist China
  • Introduction
  • Shang Inscriptions and the Confucian Classics
  • Early Daoist Texts
  • Chu ci and Other Poems
  • Popular Songs
  • Shanhaijing
  • Funerary Documents
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • 8. Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
  • Introduction
  • The Popol Vuh
  • The Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel
  • Relación de las Cosas de Yucatán
  • Legend of the Suns
  • Annals of Cuauhtitlan
  • History of the Things of New Spain and Other Spanish Documents
  • Mexica and Aztec Poetry and Songs
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • Part 3. Universalism and Culture-Specificity: An Interdisciplinary Approach
  • 9. Analysis of Similarities and Differences
  • Conclusions
  • 10. The Interface of Conception and Experience
  • 11. Alternative and Supplementary Theories
  • Constructivist
  • Conceptual Logic, Cognition, and Neurotheology
  • Metaphysical
  • 12. Conclusions: Theoretical Eclecticism and a New Comparative Framework
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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