Author: Deborah M. BurekPublisher: Gale Cengage
ISBN: 9780810392458
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1642
Book Description
Cemeteries of the U.S.
Author: Deborah M. BurekPublisher: Gale Cengage
ISBN: 9780810392458
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1642
Book Description
Where They're Buried
Author: Thomas E. SpencerPublisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806348232
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 635
Book Description
This volume invites readers to get up close and personal with one of the most respected and beloved writers of the last four decades. Carolyn J. Sharp has transcribed numerous table conversations between Walter Brueggemann and his colleagues and former students, in addition to several of his addresses and sermons from both academic and congregational settings. The result is the essential Brueggemann: readers will learn about his views on scholarship, faith, and the church; get insights into his "contagious charisma," grace, and charity; and appreciate the candid reflections on the fears, uncertainties, and difficulties he faced over the course of his career. Anyone interested in Brueggemann's work and thoughts will be gifted with thought-provoking, inspirational reading from within these pages.
Prominent Families of New York
Author: Lyman Horace WeeksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Death and Burial in the Roman World
Author: J. M. C. ToynbeePublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801855078
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
The most comprehensive book on Roman burial practices—now available in paperback Never before available in paperback, J. M. C. Toynbee's study is the most comprehensive book on Roman burial practices. Ranging throughout the Roman world from Rome to Pompeii, Britain to Jerusalem—Toynbee's book examines funeral practices from a wide variety of perspectives. First, Toynbee examines Roman beliefs about death and the afterlife, revealing that few Romans believed in the Elysian Fields of poetic invention. She then describes the rituals associated with burial and mourning: commemorative meals at the gravesite were common, with some tombs having built-in kitchens and rooms where family could stay overnight. Toynbee also includes descriptions of the layout and finances of cemeteries, the tomb types of both the rich and poor, and the types of grave markers and monuments as well as tomb furnishings.
The Funeral of Mr. Wang
Author: Andrew B. KipnisPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520381971
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
The funeral of Mr. Wang -- Of transitions and transformations -- Of space and place : Separation and distinction in the homes of the dead -- Of strangers and kin : moral family and ghastly strangers in urban sociality -- Of gifts and commodities : Spending on the dead while providing for the living -- Of rules and regulations : governing mourning -- Of souls and spirits : secularization and its limits -- Of dreams and memories : a ghost story from a land where haunting is banned -- Epilogue.
American Witches
Author: Susan FairPublisher: Skyhorse
ISBN: 1510703810
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
The history of American witches is way weirder than you ever imagined. From bewitched pigs hell-bent on revenge to gruesome twentieth-century murders, American Witches reveals strange incidents of witchcraft that have long been swept under the rug as bizarre sidenotes to history. On a tour through history that’s both whimsical and startling, we’ll encounter seventeenth-century children flying around inside their New England home “like geese.” We’ll meet a father-son team of pious Puritans who embarked on a mission that involved undressing ladies and overseeing hangings. And on the eve of the Civil War, we’ll accompany a reporter as he dons a dress and goes searching for witches in New York City’s most dangerous neighborhoods. Entertainingly readable and rich in amazing details often left out of today’s texts, American Witches casts a flickering torchlight into the dark corners of American history.
Death Rituals and Social Order in the Ancient World
Author: Colin RenfrewPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107082730
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
This volume, with essays by leading archaeologists and prehistorians, considers how prehistoric humans attempted to recognise, understand and conceptualise death.
Holy Horror
Author: Steve A. WigginsPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476633711
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
What, exactly, makes us afraid? Is it monsters, gore, the unknown? Perhaps it's a biblical sense of malice, lurking unnoticed in the corners of horror films. Holy Writ attempts to ward off aliens, ghosts, witches, psychopaths and demons, yet it often becomes a source of evil itself. Looking first at Psycho (1960) and continuing through 2017, this book analyzes the starring and supporting roles of the Good Book in horror films, monster movies and thrillers to discover why it incites such fear. In a culture with high biblical awareness and low biblical literacy, horrific portrayals can greatly influence an audience's canonical beliefs.
Bi-centennial History of Albany
Author: George Rogers HowellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Albany (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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