Pamela Leong

Religion, Life, and Death

Untangling Fears and the Search for Coherence

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Produktbeschreibung

Based on a content analysis of writing assignments from a class on death and dying, this book focuses on the manner in which college students use religion to make sense of death and the dying process.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 251g
• ISBN-13: 9781032404738
• ISBN-10: 1032404736
• Artikelnr.: 71235469

Autorenporträt

Pamela Leong is a professor of sociology at Salem State University in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. Leong is a sociology generalist who is interested in a wide array of sociology sub-disciplines and topics, as well as topics that venture into other academic disciplines. Her most recent research publications include two monographs: Rating Professors Online: How Culture, Technology, and Consumer Expectations Shape Modern Student Evaluations (2020) and Religion, Flesh, and Blood: The Convergence of HIV/AIDS, Black Sexual Expression, and Therapeutic Religion (2015).

Inhaltsangabe

1.Introduction. 2.The Link Between Religion, Health, and Death Anxiety.
3.Anticipating Death. 4.Religion and Tragic Deaths: Suicide and Homicide.
5.Religion and Tragic Deaths: The Death of Young Children. 6.Reflections on
Life, Death, and Religion. 7.How College Students Use Religion to
Comprehend Death. 8. Religious Interpretative Frameworks in the Face of
Death.