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Sobranie sochinenii v dvadtsati dvukh tomakh
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Lev Nikolaevič Tolstoy |
Translation from various works on Idealism. |
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Living fully, dying well
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Edward W. Bastian |
xxxiv, 313 p. ; 21 cm |
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Jaws of death, gate of heaven
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Dietrich Von Hildebrand |
xiv, 148 p. ; 24 cm |
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God makes all things new
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Patricia McKissack |
Discusses, in simple text and illustrations, the meaning of life and death and God's promise of eternal life. |
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Kaddish for Grandpa in Jesus' name, amen
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James Howe,Catherine Stock |
Five-year-old Emily tries to understand her grandfather's death by exploring the Christian and Jewish rituals that her family practices during and after his funeral. |
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Gram's song
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Karyn Henley |
Anthony enjoys spending time with his grandmother, so when she dies he is sad until his mother tells him that Gram is now with Jesus, and reminds him of the treasures she left him, including her spec… |
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Eternal life
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John Shelby Spong |
Bishop John Shelby Spong, author of Jesus for the Non-Religious, Why Christianity Must Change or Die, Sins of Scripture, and many other books, is known for his controversial ideas and fighting for mi… |
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Saying Kaddish
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Anita Diamant |
Anita Diamant's knowledge, sensitivity, and clarity have made her one of the most respected writers of guides to Jewish life. In Saying Kaddish, she shows how to make Judaism's time-honored rituals i… |
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Making all things new
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Henri J. M. Nouwen |
"During the past few years, various friends have asked me, 'What do you mean when you speak about the spiritual life?' Every time this question has come up, I have wished I had a small and simple boo… |
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Balloons for Trevor
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Anne Good Cave |
"... helps children deal with death, especially the death of a peer, by discussing what happens inside them when someone dies. It also points the entire family to hope in Jesus Christ, and how, becau… |
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A brief history of death
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Douglas James Davies |
The act of death itself and the rituals surrounding it vary enormously and shed a fascinating light on the cultures of which they are a part. In this brief and lively history, Douglas Davies -- inter… |
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Tales for the dying
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Rick Jarow |
"This book discusses how images of dying in the Bhagavata-Purana relate to issues of language and love in the religious imagination of India.
Drawing on insights from studies in myth, literary semio… |
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Will the Circle Be Unbroken? Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith
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Studs Terkel |
From interviews with a Hiroshima survivor, AIDS caseworker, death-row parolee, police, firefighters, emergency health workers, doctors, nurses, writers, undertakers, clergy, etc., etc. |
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Explorations into the eternal
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Ramesh S. Balsekar |
On the philosophy of life and death, as interpreted by Nisargadatta Maharaj, 1897-1981. |
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Journey's end
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Anita Ganeri |
Introduces the rites and rituals surrounding death in the six major world religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. |
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Death, trust, and society
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Lionel Rothkrug |
"A cross-cultural study of how religious practices--particular attitudes toward the dead seen in funerary rites, mortuary practices, and pilgrimage patterns-- have influenced the formation of cultura… |
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Luminous emptiness
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Francesca Fremantle |
"In Luminous Emptiness, Francesca Fremantle presents the classic Tibetan Book of the Dead not as a scripture to be read to the dying but as a guide for the living. Fremantle, who worked closely with … |
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Visuddhimagga
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Buddhaghosa. |
Translation, with commentary, of the Visuddhimagga, a treatise on philosophy and Yoga according to the Theravada Buddhist tradition. |
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