Table of Contents

1. At the Intersection of Death and Religion. Part I. Religious Approaches to Death: 2. Contemporary Hindu Approaches to Death, 3. Death and Dying in Buddhist Cultures, 4. Jewish Responses to Death and Mourning: Resilience in the Face of Dramatic Social Change, 5. Christian Approaches to Death , 6. Between the Prescribed and the Performed: Muslim Ways of Death and Mortality, 7. Sikh Ways of Dying: Religious Ceremonies in Changing Deathscapes, 8. "The Whole Damn State is a ‘Site!’": The Politics of Death and Burial in Native California. Part II. Death and Dying in Contemporary Societies: 9. Hospice: The Search for Better Dying, 10. Dying Well, Dying Badly: Ethical Issues at the End of Life, 11. Changing Funeral Practices in the United States, 12. Spontaneous Shrines and Public Memorialization in Historical Context, 13. Religion and Grief.

About the Author

Kathleen Garces-Foley is a professor of religious studies at Marymount University, USA.