Spiritual bonds to the dead in cross-cultural and historical perspective: Comparative religion and modern grief

Death Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 547-567

  Klass, Dennis ^a   Goss, Robert ^a  

^a WEBSTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; GRIEF; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; RELIGION; REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BUDDHISM; CHRISTIANITY; FAMILY; GRIEF; HUMANS; JAPAN; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SAINTS; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 0032869186     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/074811899200885     Document Type: Review

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