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Erickson, Lori.
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Burial -- History.
Cemeteries -- History.
Death -- Religious aspects.
Death -- History.
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- History.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
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Erickson, Lori.
Burial -- History.
Cemeteries -- History.
Death -- Religious aspects.
Death -- History.
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- History.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
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Near the exit : travels with the not-so-grim reaper / Lori Erickson.
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Erickson, Lori.
Westminster John Knox Press, 2019.
Call #:
236
.1
E68n
Subjects
Burial -- History.
Cemeteries -- History.
Death -- Religious aspects.
Death -- History.
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- History.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
ISBN:
9780664265670 (pbk.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
171 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-170).
Contents:
A tutorial in death -- In the field of reeds : Egypt -- God's waiting room : nursing homes -- Joining the ancestors : among the Maori in New Zealand -- Entering the shadowlands : hospice -- Descending the nine layers : with the Aztecs and the Mayans -- Crossing the Jordan : funerals -- Returning to the center : Crestone, Colorado -- Resting in peace : graveyards -- Welcoming sister death : Rome and Assisi -- Epilogue : at the stones.
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Near the exit examines how different cultures confront and have confronted death.
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