Death And Religion in a Changing World

Acknowledgments vii Introduction ix Kathleen Garces-Foley I. Religious Approaches to Death The Politics of Death and Burial in Native California 3(20) Dennis F. Kelley Contemporary Hindu Approaches to Death: Living With the Dead 23(22) Mark Elmore Judaism and Death: Finding Meaning in Ritual 45(24) Rebecca Golbert Buddhisms and Death 69(24) Robert E. Goss Dennis Klass Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Eastern Orthodox Approaches to Death 93(29) Lizette Larson-Miller Protestant Approaches to Death: Overcoming Death's Sting 122(25) Glenn Lucke Richard B. Gilbert Ronald K. Barrett Muslim Ways of Death: Between the Prescribed and the Performed 147(31) Juan Eduardo Campo Sikhism and Death 178(29) Kristina Myrvold II. Death in Contemporary Societies Contemporary American Funerals: Personalizing Tradition 207(21) Kathleen Garces-Foley Justin S. Holcomb Forms of Disposal 228(18) Douglas J. Davies Spontaneous Shrines and Public Memorialization 246(19) Sylvia Grider Disaster, Modernity, and the Media 265(18) Tony Walter Grief, Religion, and Spirituality 283(22) Dennis Klass Epilogue 305(8) Evan Berry About the Contributors 313(4) Index 317