How the Pandemic Transformed the Spirituality of Death in America
Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm
ISBN: 978-0-231-21147-5
Verlag: Columbia University Press
Shattered Grief is an intimate portrait of how COVID-19 changed the ways Americans approach, understand, and mourn death. Based on extensive interviews incorporating a multitude of perspectives—including funerary and medical professionals, religious leaders, grief counselors, death doulas, spirit mediums, community organizers, and those who lost loved ones—it provides a snapshot of how people renegotiated spiritual and religious traditions, worldviews, identities, and communities during the deadliest pandemic in a century. Through these diverse and powerful voices, Natasha L. Mikles tells the story of spiritual innovation, religious change, and the struggle to achieve personal and national self-understanding against the backdrop of mass casualties. Compelling and accessible, Shattered Grief is an essential book for a range of readers interested in how we make sense of death and dying.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Thanatologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Tod, Sterbehilfe: Soziale und Ethische Themen
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
Weitere Infos & Material
Acknowledgments
List of Research Interlocutors and Conversation Partners
Introduction: In a Barbecue Parking Lot
1. Ritual
2. Community
3. Narrative
4. Trauma
Conclusion: Taking the Book of Job Seriously
Appendix: Notes on Methodology
Notes
Bibliography
Index