Life After Death in World Religions

Faith Meets Faith

by Harold Coward (Primary Contributor)

Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and Chinese scholars introduce their faiths interpretations of death and the afterlife.
Faith Meets Faith Series

Genres: Religion

142 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1997

About the author

Harold G. Coward is a professor emeritus of history and the founding director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He served as president of the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion and was the founding editor of the Journal for Hindu-Christian Studies and editor of the WLU Press series The Study of Religion in Canada. He has authored twenty books along with many edited books, chapters and articles. His publications include Scripture in the World Religions (2002), Mantra: Hearing the Divine in India and America (2004), and The Perfectibility of Human Nature in Eastern and Western Thought (2008).