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A Brief History of
Death
Blackwell Brief Histories of
Religion
This series offers brief, accessible and lively accounts of key topics
within theology and religion. Each volume presents both aca-
demic and general readers with a selected history of topics which
have had a profound effect on religious and cultural life. The
word ‘history’ is, therefore, understood in its broadest cultural
and social sense. The volumes are based on serious scholarship
but they are written engagingly and in terms readily understood
by general readers.
Published
Alister E. McGrath
– A Brief History of Heaven
G. R. Evans
–
A Brief History of Heresy
Tamara Sonn
– A Brief History of Islam
Douglas J. Davies
– A Brief History of Death
Lawrence S. Cunningham
– A Brief History of Saints
Forthcoming
Michael Banner
– A Brief History of Ethics
Carter Lindberg
– A Brief History of Love
Carter Lindberg
– A Brief History of Christianity
Dana Robert
– A Brief History of Mission
Philip Sheldrake
– A Brief History of Spirituality
Kenneth Appold
– A Brief History of the Reformation
Dennis D. Martin
– A Brief History of Monasticism
Martha Himmelfarb
– A Brief History of the Apocalypse
A Brief History of
Death
DOUGLAS J. DAVIES
© 2005 by Douglas J. Davies
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Davies, Douglas James.
A brief history of death / Douglas Davies.
p. cm. — (Blackwell brief histories of religion)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-4051-0182-2 (hardback : alk. paper) — ISBN 1-4051-0183-0
(pbk. : alk paper)
1. Death—Social aspects. 2. Death—Religious aspects. 3. Death—
Psychological aspects. 4. Death in art. I. Title. II. Series.
HQ1073.D383 2005
306.9—dc22
2004011683
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