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RELI 2732

Death and Afterlife

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

The meaning of death and afterlife in some religious traditions and secular philosophies with emphasis on the Hindu teaching of the immortal soul; the Hebraic idea of collective survival; the Christian doctrine of resurrection of the body; the Buddhist conception of no-soul and nirvana.

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Course catalogue

2025

Readings

  • Available from Haven Bookstore, 43 Seneca St. Ottawa. Tel: 613-730-9888 Understanding Death: An Introduction to Ideas of Self and the Afterlife in World Religions by Angela Sumegi, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.

Prerequisites & course information

Lecture three hours a week.

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