Conceptions of the afterlife in early civilizations

universalism, constructivism, and near-death experience

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Conceptions of the afterlife in early civilizations

universalism, constructivism, and near-death experience

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Continuum
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English

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Comparison, universalism, and the rehabilitation of the comparative similar
Early civilizations, contact, diffusion, and cultural continuity
Near-death experience
Old and middle kingdom Egypt
Sumerian and old Babylonian Mesopotamia
Vedic India
Pre-Buddhist China
Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
Analysis of similarities and differences
The interface of conception and experience
Alternative and supplementary theories
Conclusions: Theoretical eclecticism and a new comparative framework.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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London, New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
202/.3
Library of Congress
BL535 .C65 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL22665497M
Internet Archive
conceptionsafter00shus
ISBN 10
0826440738
ISBN 13
9780826440730
LCCN
2008045255
OCLC/WorldCat
267047165
Goodreads
7165727

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Work ID
OL16965752W

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