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Zusatztext "This fascinating book touches on the phenomenon of cremation, 'woodland burial', on ideas of afterlife and resurrection, taking into account views as diverse as Mormonism and Eastern Orthodoxy. Davies' erudition and finesse with is subject is remarkable, yet his style remains accessible. It would be very helpful for someone studying death ritual or comparative religion." - Jonathan L Zecher, Theological Book Review, Vol 21 No 1, 2009 Informationen zum Autor Douglas J. Davies is Professor in the Study of Religion and Director of the Centre for Death and Life Studies at Durham University, UK. He is the author of Natural Burial (2012), The Theology of Death (2008) and A Brief History of Death (2004). He is also the editor, along with Lewis Mates, of The Encyclopedia of Cremation (2005). Professor Davies is a Fellow of the British Academy, as well as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and of the Learned Society of Wales. Vorwort This book aims to offer some sharply defined schemes of thought in a Christian environment in which death, hell and heaven have almost lost their place. The topic of hope is a key element and the book explores the birth and fostering of hope within Christian traditions. Zusammenfassung Seeks to establish several schemes of death theology related, for example, to early Christianity's Jewish cultural milieu, to belief in Christ's resurrection and to Christology, to issues of millennial belief and to an emergent liturgical practice. This book also takes up several contemporary models of the theology of death. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1.Introduction 2.Body, bones and breath of life 3.Martyrs, altars and the bread of life 4.Judge of living and the dead 5.And for our salvation 6.The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away 7.The Lord and Giver of Life 8.Integrity and eternal life
