Author
Douglas J. Davies
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
November 2015
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Author
Douglas J. Davies
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
November 2015
£75.71
Free UK Delivery
Available - Usually dispatched within 4 days
Mors Britannica
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A people's lifestyle is one thing, their death-style another. The proximity or distance between such styles says much about a society, not least in Britain today. Mors Britannica takes up this style-issue in a society where cultural changes involve distinctions between traditional religion, secularisation, and emergent forms of spirituality, all of which involve emotions, where fear, longing, and a sense of loss rise in waves when death marks the root embodiment of our humanity. These world-orientations, evident in older and newer ritual practices, engage death in the hope and desire that love, relationships, community, and human identity be not rendered meaningless. Yet both emotions and ritual have an uneasiness to them because 'death' is a slippery topic as the twenty-first century gets under way in Britain. In this work, Douglas J.
Davies draws from a largely anthropological-sociological perspective, with consideration of history, literature, philosophy, psychology, and theology, to provide a window into British life and insights into the foundation links between individuals and society, across the spectrum of traditionally religious views through to humanist and secular alternatives. He considers memorial sites (from churchyards to roadside memorials); forms of corporeal disposal (from cremation to composting); and death rites in a range of religious and secular traditions.
Author
Douglas J. Davies
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
November 2015
Weight
795g
Page Count
418
Dimensions
158 x 237 x 31 mm
ISBN
9780199644971
ISBN-10
0199644977
Eden Code
4320850
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Author/Creator: Douglas J. Davies
ISBN: 9780199644971
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: November 2015
Weight: 795g
Dimensions: 158 x 237 x 31 mm
Eden Code: 4320850