Religion, Life, and Death - Untangling Fears and the Search for Coherence

Based on a content analysis of writing assignments from a class on death and dying, this book focuses on the manner in which college students use religion to make sense of death and the dying process.

List of contents

1.Introduction.  2.The Link Between Religion, Health, and Death Anxiety.  3.Anticipating Death.  4.Religion and Tragic Deaths: Suicide and Homicide.  5.Religion and Tragic Deaths: The Death of Young Children.  6.Reflections on Life, Death, and Religion.  7.How College Students Use Religion to Comprehend Death.  8. Religious Interpretative Frameworks in the Face of Death.

About the author

Pamela Leong is a professor of sociology at Salem State University in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. Leong is a sociology generalist who is interested in a wide array of sociology sub-disciplines and topics, as well as topics that venture into other academic disciplines. Her most recent research publications include two monographs: Rating Professors Online: How Culture, Technology, and Consumer Expectations Shape Modern Student Evaluations (2020) and Religion, Flesh, and Blood: The Convergence of HIV/AIDS, Black Sexual Expression, and Therapeutic Religion (2015).

Summary

Based on a content analysis of writing assignments from a class on death and dying, this book focuses on the manner in which college students use religion to make sense of death and the dying process.

Product details

• Authors: Pamela Leong, Pamela (Salem State University Leong, Leong Pamela
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032404745
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3240474-5
• No. of pages: 148
• Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Society & culture: general, Religious ethics, Society and culture: general, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Medical Sociology, Higher education, tertiary education, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying