A History of Human Responses to Death: Mythologies, Rituals, and EthicsE. Mellen Press, 1990 - 508 Seiten This study examines death and its impact on human thinking from a biological and historical viewpoint. It finds that fear of death is the motive behind the human need to accomplish anything. It also discusses care of the terminally ill, mercy killing, suicide, and the death penalty. |
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... eschatology is that everything ends with death . There is no surviving soul , no afterlife . [ According to Jewish tradition ] since birth is a beginning as absolute as death is an ending , life can be properly characterized as a ...
... eschatology is that everything ends with death . There is no surviving soul , no afterlife . [ According to Jewish tradition ] since birth is a beginning as absolute as death is an ending , life can be properly characterized as a ...
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... eschatological beliefs of the Church for as long as there was only one Christian Church . After the separation of the Orthodox Church , the Reformation , and the formation of many Christian Churches , some ... eschatology as 151 Chapter IV.
... eschatological beliefs of the Church for as long as there was only one Christian Church . After the separation of the Orthodox Church , the Reformation , and the formation of many Christian Churches , some ... eschatology as 151 Chapter IV.
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... eschatology as in other points of doctrine have shifted to positions very similar to the Protestant ones . The Christian eschatology was a powerful means to combat the fear of death because it assured not only everlasting life for the ...
... eschatology as in other points of doctrine have shifted to positions very similar to the Protestant ones . The Christian eschatology was a powerful means to combat the fear of death because it assured not only everlasting life for the ...
Inhalt
Man and death | 3 |
Death as a natural phenomenon | 37 |
Death and philosophy | 75 |
Urheberrecht | |
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A History of Human Responses to Death: Mythologies, Rituals, and Ethics Plinio Prioreschi Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1990 |
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