{"product_id":"life-after-death-today-in-the-united-states-japan-and-china-9781032345031","title":"Life After Death Today in the United States Japan","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is about contemporary senses of life after death in the United States, Japan, and China. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy collecting and examining hundreds of interviews with people from all walks of life in these three societies, the book presents and compares personally held beliefs, experiences, and interactions with the concept of life after death. Three major aspects covered by the book Include, but are certainly not limited to, the enduring tradition of Japanese ancestor veneration, China's transition from state-sponsored materialism to the increasing belief in some form of afterlife, as well as the diversity in senses of, or disbelief in, life after death in the United States. Through these diverse first-hand testimonies the book reveals that underlying these changes in each society there is a shift from collective to individual belief, with people developing their own visions of what may, or may not, happen after death. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be valuable reading for students of Anthropolo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is an insightful often compelling exploration into a topic that seldom receives the attention it deserves. Exceptionally important and enduring, it is a delight to read. The comparative aspect elevates the philosophical anthropology investigation into an analysis that is as satisfying as it is memorable.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Jankowiak, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This research contributes to evolving concepts of death, afterlife, and immortality in the contemporary world, and how they mediate with the working of cultures. Its extensive examination of death, immortality, and afterlife crosses the boundaries of anthropology, sociology, psychology, and religious studies. The magnitude of ethnographic data collected by the authors will also impress academic or non-academic readers alike.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHikaru Suzuki, \u003c\/b\u003eEditor of \u003ci\u003eDeath and Dying in Contemporary Japan\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge: 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Senses of Life After Death Past and Present 2. The United States: Life After Death in a Christian\/Post-Christian Nation 3. Japan: The Strictures of Life Before Death and the Freedom of Life After Death 4. China: The Loss of a This-World Utopia, and the Lure of a World Beyond 5. Life After Death\/Life Before Death and Their Linkages \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018990944599,"sku":"9781032345031","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032345031.jpg?v=1750778938","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/life-after-death-today-in-the-united-states-japan-and-china-9781032345031","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}