Great courses (DVD). Religion

Lecturer: Professor Mark Berkson, Hamline University

Bringing together theology, philosophy, biology, anthropology, literature, psychology, and sociology, these lectures are a brilliant compendium of how human beings have struggled to come to terms with death. You'll encounter everything from ancient burial practices and traditional views of the afterlife to near-death experiences and 21st-century theories about transcending death

Rated TVPG

Mode of access: World Wide Web

Episode 1

Death's Place in Our Lives

Episode 2

Defining Death

Episode 3

Death, Illusion, and Meaning

Episode 4

Is It Rational to Fear Death?

Episode 5

Understanding and Coping with Grief

Episode 6

Death Rituals and the Corpse

Episode 7

American Death Rituals

Episode 8

Approaches to Dying Well

Episode 9

Judaism on Death and the Afterlife

Episode 10

Death and Hope in Christianity

Episode 11

Islam on Returning to God

Episode 12

Death, Rebirth, and Liberation in Hinduism

Episode 13

Buddhism on Impermanence and Mindfulness

Episode 14

The Process of Dying in Tibetan Buddhism

Episode 15

Confucian Remembrance, Daoist Forgetting

Episode 16

Death and Syncretism in China

Episode 17

Suicide Examined

Episode 18

The Choice of Euthanasia

Episode 19

Killing in War and the Pacifist Challenge

Episode 20

Considering Capital Punishment

Episode 21

Killing Non-Human Animals

Episode 22

Near-Death Experiences

Episode 23

The Pursuit of Immortality

Episode 24

The Value of Death