Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations : Universalism, Constructivism and Near-Death Experience
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Foreword by Gavin Flood Acknowledgements Abbreviations of Primary Sources Introduction Part I 1. Comparison, Universalism, and the Rehabilitation of the Comparative 'Similar' 2. Early Civilizations, Contact, Diffusion, and Cultural Continuity 3. Near-Death Experience Part II 4. Old and Middle Kingdom Egypt 5. Sumerian and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia 6. Vedic India 7. Pre-Buddhist China 8. Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica Part III 9. Analysis of Similarities and Differences 10. The Interface of Conception and Experience 11. Alternative and Supplementary Theories 12. Conclusions: Theoretical Eclecticism and A New Comparative Framework References Index.
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