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Article: Afterlife in Cross-Cultural Perspective
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- Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
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Afterlife in Cross-Cultural Perspective
The fear of death and the belief in life after death are universal phenomena. Social scientists have long been interested in the questions of how the similarities and the differences in the views of afterlife and the social reactions to death of different cultures be explained, and the systematic order that can be found in these similarities and differences. This entry attempts to shed light on a few anthropological, sociological aspects of the organization and distribution of these ideas in connection with the afterlife.
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