Author : James George Frazer
Publisher :
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 35,84 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Ancestor worship
ISBN :
Author : John Hick
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 24,94 MB
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780664255091
In this cross-cultural, interdisciplinary study, John Hick draws upon major world religions, as well as biology, psychology, parapsychology, anthropology, and philosophy, to explore the mystery of death. He argues that scientific and philosophical objections to the idea of survival after death can be challenged, and he claims that human inadequacy in facing suffering supports the basic religious argument for immortality.
Author : James George Frazer
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 959 pages
File Size : 36,91 MB
Release : 2023-12-15
Category : Religion
ISBN :
In 'The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead' by James George Frazer, the renowned anthropologist explores the universal belief in an afterlife and the rituals associated with honoring deceased ancestors. Written in a scholarly and comprehensive style, Frazer delves into various cultures, traditions, and historical practices to examine the continuity and evolution of beliefs surrounding death. Drawing on a wide range of ethnographic data, this book provides a profound insight into the human psyche and the ways in which different societies navigate the concept of mortality. Frazer's meticulous research and comparative analysis offer valuable perspectives on the significance of ancestor worship in shaping cultural identities and religious practices. Through his interdisciplinary approach, Frazer sheds light on the complexities of human spirituality and the enduring relevance of ancestral veneration in contemporary societies. Readers interested in anthropology, religious studies, and the history of belief systems will find this book enlightening and thought-provoking.
Author : Frazer
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 27,59 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780415415309
This 1913 volume discusses several religions whereby believers worship the dead both in hopes that the dead will bless their futures and in hopes that the dead will rise up to bless the living. This concept of the undead or dead rising again is present in some capacity in many religions, even mainstream ones like Christianity (i.e. the resurrection). This volume highlights those beliefs among the Aborigines in Australia, New Guinea and Melanesia.
Author : J.G Frazer
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 13,33 MB
Release : 2020-07-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3752312912
Reproduction of the original: The Belief in Inmortality and the Worship of the Dead by J.G Frazer
Author : Granville Stanley Hall
Publisher :
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,36 MB
Release : 1926
Category : Psychology
ISBN :
Author : Rafael Karsten
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 27,85 MB
Release : 2020-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1000156443
This book, first published in 1935, collects together material on the origins of religion from two very different sources. South America, where the author spent six years studying the religious beliefs and customs of several Indian tribes representing different stages of culture; and the Finno-Ugrian area, where Finnish and Russian ethnologists had brought to light a new body of facts which formed an important addition to our knowledge of religious life at an early stage of cultural development. This book is a key work in the study of comparative religion, and is an essential reference source on the origins of religion.
Author : George Sarton
Publisher :
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 25,16 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Science
ISBN :
"Brief table of contents of vols. I-XX" in v. 21, p. [502]-618.
Author : James George Frazer
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 950 pages
File Size : 20,57 MB
Release : 2021-05-07
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN :
The first volume of Frazer's book comprises the Gifford Lectures he gave at the University of St. Andrews in the years 1911 and 1912, and deals with the belief in immortality and the worship of the dead, as these are found among the aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea, and Melanesia. In the second volume, the author describes the corresponding belief and worship among the Polynesians, a people related to their neighbors the Melanesians by language, if not by blood. Contents: The Savage Conception of Death Myths of the Origin of Death The Belief in Immortality among the Aborigines of Central Australia The Belief in Immortality among the other Aborigines of Australia The Belief in Immortality among the Natives of the Torres Straits Islands The Belief in Immortality among the Natives of British New Guinea The Belief in Immortality among the Natives of German New Guinea The Belief in Immortality among the Natives of German and Dutch New Guinea The Belief in Immortality among the Natives of Southern Melanesia (New Caledonia) The Belief in Immortality among the Natives of Central Melanesia The Belief in Immortality among the Natives of Northern and Eastern Melanesia The Belief in Immortality among the Natives of Eastern Melanesia (Fiji) The Belief in Immortality among the Maoris The Belief in Immortality among the Tongans The Belief in Immortality among the Samoans The Belief in Immortality among the Hervey Islanders The Belief in Immortality among the Society Islanders The Belief in Immortality among the Marquesans The Belief in Immortality among the Hawaiians
Author : Rev. Eliza Armstrong
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 10,26 MB
Release : 2019-08-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1984591126
The question of human existence after death has been the subject of many philosophers in past centuries and will provide a point of discussion in the future. It is hoped that this book will not only give a historical account of philosophies on immortality but will also show that it is a belief that (a) affects our present life, (b) is reasonable to the human intellect, and (c) is inseparably rooted in Christian hope. In presenting some arguments, we may seem to be moving towards an argument for theism, but this is not the point of this book, although in presenting some aspects (i.e. the connection between morality and immortality), this work seems to be moving towards that end. All the historical arguments for life after death cannot be presented in this small work, only some of them. No distinction will be made between the terms ‘life after death,’ ‘immortality,’ and ‘eternal life’; these expressions will simply be used synonymously.
