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The history of death: Michael Kerrigan burial customs and funeral rites,from the ancient world to modern times/

By: Kerrigan, MichaelMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Amber Books, 2007Description: 192pISBN: 9781905704590Subject(s): Death | Burial -- History | Funeral rites and ceremonies -- HistoryDDC classification: 393

Contents:

Introduction Chapter 1: The Beginning or the End: Ideas of Afterlife Chapter 2: Ancient Funerary Rites Chapter 3: Death and Judgment Chapter 4: The Ancestors at Hand Chapter 5: The Demanding Dead Chapter 6: Towards Modernity, The Western Tradition Chapter 7: A World of Rituals Chapter 8: Death, Present and Future Bibliography Index

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	393 KER/H (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P13028

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Introduction
Chapter 1: The Beginning or the End: Ideas of Afterlife
Chapter 2: Ancient Funerary Rites
Chapter 3: Death and Judgment
Chapter 4: The Ancestors at Hand
Chapter 5: The Demanding Dead
Chapter 6: Towards Modernity, The Western Tradition
Chapter 7: A World of Rituals
Chapter 8: Death, Present and Future

Bibliography
Index

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