For millennia, religions have provided rituals bringing comfort in the face of death. Modern science, however, is developing new means for dealing with this phenomenon. Controversial issues include: how to ascertain “death,” particularly in light of “premature burials”; religious questions regarding the morality of embalming; religious questions regarding the desirability of burial versus cremation; and extending life in attempts to achieve immortality—versus the contention that mortality is the result of human sinfulness. This article explores these issues and seeks to answer the question of whether science has contributed positively or negatively to the experience of dying
In this article we summarize the scientific, philosophical and religious views on the near-death exp...
In this article we summarize the scientific, philosophical and religious views on the near-death exp...
Swensson lays out the many obstacles that have resulted in twenty-first century Americans being unab...
The thesis of this article is that contemporary people are increasingly ousting death from their con...
The thesis of this article is that contemporary people are increasingly ousting death from their con...
Death is a biological phenomenon, define as the permanent and irreversible cessation of all biologic...
Death is a biological phenomenon, define as the permanent and irreversible cessation of all biologic...
Introduction: It is known that very few issues related to death and religiosity/spirituality are add...
Introduction: It is known that very few issues related to death and religiosity/spirituality are add...
Death is a biological phenomenon, define as the permanent and irreversible cessation of all biologic...
There are two things that our society doesn\u27t really openly discuss. Oddly enough, they are thing...
There are two things that our society doesn\u27t really openly discuss. Oddly enough, they are thing...
The thesis of this article is that contemporary people are increasingly ousting death from their con...
The thesis of this article is that contemporary people are increasingly ousting death from their con...
The thesis of this article is that contemporary people are increasingly ousting death from their con...
In this article we summarize the scientific, philosophical and religious views on the near-death exp...
In this article we summarize the scientific, philosophical and religious views on the near-death exp...
Swensson lays out the many obstacles that have resulted in twenty-first century Americans being unab...
The thesis of this article is that contemporary people are increasingly ousting death from their con...
The thesis of this article is that contemporary people are increasingly ousting death from their con...
Death is a biological phenomenon, define as the permanent and irreversible cessation of all biologic...
Death is a biological phenomenon, define as the permanent and irreversible cessation of all biologic...
Introduction: It is known that very few issues related to death and religiosity/spirituality are add...
Introduction: It is known that very few issues related to death and religiosity/spirituality are add...
Death is a biological phenomenon, define as the permanent and irreversible cessation of all biologic...
There are two things that our society doesn\u27t really openly discuss. Oddly enough, they are thing...
There are two things that our society doesn\u27t really openly discuss. Oddly enough, they are thing...
The thesis of this article is that contemporary people are increasingly ousting death from their con...
The thesis of this article is that contemporary people are increasingly ousting death from their con...
The thesis of this article is that contemporary people are increasingly ousting death from their con...
In this article we summarize the scientific, philosophical and religious views on the near-death exp...
In this article we summarize the scientific, philosophical and religious views on the near-death exp...
Swensson lays out the many obstacles that have resulted in twenty-first century Americans being unab...