Practicing the Afterlife: Perspectives from Japan

by Susanne Formanek and William R. LaFleur

How do people in Japan conceive of life after death? Although many Japanese today claim that on their archipelago there has never been much interest in this topic, the evidence presented here shows otherwise. Documenting a rich range of historical as well as contemporary scenarios that present life as going on after death, these essays also show individuals and whole communities acting on the belief that the line between the living and the dead is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3700132646
• ISBN13: 9783700132646
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 9.4"