Understanding+Death

   Summary:           Understanding Death by Angela   Sumegi   introduces the   concept of Death as whole, including topics from modern definition, the "soul" and what happens to it, an insight into the afterlife, and many ways we deal with   dealth  .  Sumgei  goes even further by providing different cultural perspectives (   ie   Daoist, Buddhist, Western Civilization)   on the concept of death and how each one celebrates or just   overal  <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> deals with death. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> Sumgei <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> even takes it a step further by providing concrete examples of the "funeral service" and how each cultural looks at death from a completely different mentality. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">    <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">   <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">     <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">   <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">     <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">   <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> My summary:  <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">     <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">   <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> Reading "Understanding Death: An Introduction to Ideas of Self and the Afterlife in World Religions" really helps with my thesis of " Are you really Dead when you Die?" This book provides concrete evidence from a wide variety of cultures and each view death in very different ways compared to that of Western <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> civilization  <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">. This piece of work also goes in depth even further by showing how <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> dea  <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> th  <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> was viewed before the major religions of the world were established (  <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> ie  <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> : Egypt,  <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"> Mesopatamia  <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">, Persia). Overall this book has provided me with so much content that I did not even consider when I decided on my thesis. <span style="font-family: Segoe UI,Tahoma,Verdana,sans-serif;">
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