The Hour of Our DeathThis remarkable book -- the fruit of almost two decades of study -- traces in compelling fashion the changes in Western attitudes toward death and dying from the earliest Christian times to the present day. A truly landmark study, The Hour of Our Death reveals a pattern of gradually developing evolutionary stages in our perceptions of life in relation to death, each stage representing a virtual redefinition of human nature. -- Provided by publisher. |
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Page 141
... later date : the death of the Virgin and the entombments of saints . The first series corresponds to the ceremony for the living , the second to the ceremony for the dead . The death of the Virgin has been represented since the end of ...
... later date : the death of the Virgin and the entombments of saints . The first series corresponds to the ceremony for the living , the second to the ceremony for the dead . The death of the Virgin has been represented since the end of ...
Page 247
... later in their place , the most inexperienced observer will recognize another series of funerary effigies . Here the deceased is represented— usually kneeling , sometimes standing - before a member of the Trinity , or absorbed in the ...
... later in their place , the most inexperienced observer will recognize another series of funerary effigies . Here the deceased is represented— usually kneeling , sometimes standing - before a member of the Trinity , or absorbed in the ...
Page 605
... later , thanks to the Masses and prayers said in their behalf . This conception of life after death as a state of repose or peaceful sleep lasted much longer than one might believe . It is surely one of the most tenacious forms of the ...
... later , thanks to the Masses and prayers said in their behalf . This conception of life after death as a state of repose or peaceful sleep lasted much longer than one might believe . It is surely one of the most tenacious forms of the ...
Contents
The Tame Death | 5 |
Place of Burial | 29 |
The Final Reckoning | 95 |
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