Cultural thanatology: an exploration of the religious, spiritual, and existential concerns of elderly terminally-ill diasporic Hindus
Thanatology is defined as the interdisciplinary study of death and dying. Religious beliefs, cultural patterns and insights into the spirit or the non-material aspects of our being form a component of thanatological studies and may be designated as ‘cultural thanatology’. This ethnographic study exp...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2021
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| In: |
Journal of religion, spirituality & aging
Year: 2021, Volume: 33, Issue: 3, Pages: 311-331 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hindus
/ Diaspora (Social sciences)
/ Incurably ill person
/ Emotional burden
/ Spirituality
B Thanatology / Cultural indicator |
| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism ZA Social sciences |
| Further subjects: | B
cultural narratives
B Spirituality B Religion B Spiritual well-being |
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