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Death, Ritual and Belief, Second Edition: The Rhetoric of Funerary Rites (2nd Edition) by Douglas James Davies Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2002 ISBN-10: 0-8264-5484-4 / 0826454844 ISBN-13: 978-0-8264-5484-3 / 9780826454843 Describing a great variety of funeral ritual from major world religions and from local traditions, this book shows how cultures not only cope with corpses but also create an added value for living through the encouragement of afterlife beliefs. The explosion of interest in death in recent years refl |