Death, Ritual and Belief The Rhetoric of Funerary Rites

Hardback (24 Jul 1997)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Describing a great variety of funeral ritual, from major world religions and from local traditions, Davies shows how cultures not only cope with corpses but also create an added value for living through the growth of afterlife beliefs.

Book information

ISBN: 9780304338214
Publisher: Cassell
Imprint: Cassell
Pub date:
DEWEY: 291.38
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 216
Weight: 499g
Height: 241mm
Width: 158mm
Spine width: 19mm