Sacred Departures: The Sociology of Death and Dying
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Sacred Departures: The Sociology of Death and Dying
Author: Veenat
Brand: The Browser
Edition: First Edition
Binding: paperback
Number Of Pages: 296
Release Date: 01-01-2025
Details: Death is the only certainty we share, and yet, the way we meet it is deeply shaped by faith, culture, and change. Sacred Departures is a powerful exploration of how different religions understand death, and how modern life is quietly transforming age-old rituals. Drawing on fieldwork in Chandigarh and conversations with families, priests, and spiritual leaders across Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Christian, and Muslim communities, this book reveals death not as a single moment, but as a journey shaped by belief, emotion, and choice. From sacred texts to electric crematoriums, from reincarnation to resurrection, from ritual conformity to individual conviction, the book captures the tensions between tradition and modernity.
Scholarly and deeply human, this work invites readers to reflect not only on how societies face death, but on what it means to live in its shadow.
EAN: 9789349042278
Package Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.0 inches
Languages: English
