Johnson, Christopher Jay : Northeast Louisiana University
Christopher Jay Johnson, PhD is Executive Director of the Institute of Gerontology at Northeast Louisiana University.
A psychotherapist and bereavement counselor, Dr. Johnson is a contributor to several books on aging and sociology
and is involved in death education programs in his community.
McGee, Marsha G. : Northeast Louisiana University
Marsha G. McGee, PhD is Associate Professor of Sociology at Northeast Louisiana University where she initiated
death education in the 1970s. Dr. McGee often lectures on death and dying and she is actively involved in pastoral
counseling for the dying and the bereaved.
Summary
The first edition of How Different Religions View Death and Afterlife earned widespread acclaim for its
objective, thoughtful and practical explanation of the often confusing and troublesome subject of death and afterlife.
In the same tradition as the first, this new second edition presents a clear, concise and comparative overview
of the teachings and the death beliefs of the largest and fastest-growing religions in North America.
This new second edition � fully revised, updated and expanded with five new chapters and an index � will be of
enormous value to all readers who would like to obtain a better understanding of the various ways in which different
faiths understand death and what happens afterward. Unlike many books on the subject of religious beliefs, the
discourse here is refreshingly objective and non-proselytizing. Furthermore, each chapter is written by a different
expert or scholar who is internationally recognized as an authority on a particular faith.
This book will be welcomed by theologians, health professionals, clergy and chaplains of all religious traditions,
teachers and students of comparative religion and death and dying, social workers, grief and pastoral counselors
and funeral directors.
Table of Contents
Preface
Assemblies of God
Stanley M. Horton, ThD
Baha�i Faith
John S. Hatcher, PhD
A Baptist Perspective
William L. Hendricks, PhD, ThD
Buddhism
Anne C. Klein, PhD
Christian Science
Elaine R. Follis, PhD
The Churches of Christ
Thomas H. Olbricht, PhD
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Richard M. Eyre
Islam
Jane Idleman Smith, PhD
Hinduism
Anne Mackenzie Pearson, PhD
Judaism
Rabbi Alan L. Ponn
Lutherans
Daniel E. Lee, PhD
Presbyterianism
Ben Lacy Rose, ThD, DD
A Quaker Perspective
Arthur O. Roberts, PhD
Roman Catholicism
Rev. Francis X. Cleary, SJ
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Robert M. Johnston, PhD
Unitarian Universalism
George N. Marshall, PhD, DD
United Methodist Church
James Ivey Warren, Jr., PhD
