The Routledge Companion to Death and Dying (Paperback, 1)

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 Flugel13. Therav?da 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 Raelian Religion ? Erik A. W. Ostling & 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