TY - BOOK AU - Rouner,Leroy S. TI - If I should die T2 - Boston University studies in philosophy and religion SN - 0268031606 (cloth : alk. paper) U1 - 291.23 21 PY - 2001/// CY - Notre Dame, Ind. PB - University of Notre Dame Press KW - Death KW - Religious aspects KW - Immortality (Philosophy) N1 - Includes bibliographical references(P.) and indexes(P. 189-192); Introduction; Leroy S. Rouner --; Pt. I; Life, Death, and the Christian Hope; A Short While towards the Sun; Rita Rainsford Rouner; Death and the Believer: The End Is Where We Start From; Peter John Gomes; Is There Life after Death?; Jurgen Moltmann --; Pt. II; Death and Immortality in Various Cultures; If I Should Die before I Am Awakened: Buddhist Reflections on Death; Malcolm David Eckel; A Rose for the Buddha: In Response to David Eckel; Brian W. Jorgensen; Why People in Stories Choose Mortality When They Could Have Immortality; Wendy Doniger --; Pt. III; The Philosophy of Life and the Problem of Immortality; The Vague Hope of Immortality; John Lachs; "This Tablet, Which Itself Will Quickly Perish"; Aaron V. Garrett; Metaphorical Immortality: Some Platonic Reflections; David L. Roochnik; The Meanings of Life; David Schmidtz N2 - "The contributors to If I Should Die offer the reader compelling personal, philosophical, and historical views on questions about death."--BOOK JACKET ER -