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SPIRITUAL BONDS TO THE DEAD IN CROSS-CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: COMPARATIVE RELIGION AND MODERN GRIEF
Titel:
SPIRITUAL BONDS TO THE DEAD IN CROSS-CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: COMPARATIVE RELIGION AND MODERN GRIEF
Auteur:
Klass, Dennis Goss, Robert
Verschenen in:
Death studies
Paginering:
Jaargang 23 (1999) nr. 6 pagina's 547-567
Jaar:
1999-08-01
Inhoud:
Contemporary spirituality within continuing bonds with the dead is placed into the comparative context of Western Christianity and Japanese Buddhism. Throughout history, humans have maintained interaction with two kinds of dead: ancestors and sacred dead, the first characterized by symmetrical relationships and the second by asymmetrical. Continuing bonds are deeply connected with, and are often in conflict with, bonds to the nation and (in the West) to God. In this framework, the authors find that continuing bonds in the present function within the private sphere and have very limited functions within the larger society, resemble traditional bonds with the sacred dead, and, at this time, offer a mild critique of the values and lifestyles on which consumer capitalism is based.
Uitgever:
Routledge
Bronbestand:
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften
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