See also Diversity/Equity; Grief; Rituals;
Boerstler, R. and H. Kornfeld.  Life and Death: Harmonizing the Transition: A Holistic and Meditative Approach for Caregivers and the Dying.  Rochester, VT: Healing Arts Press, 1993.

Brener, Anne.  Mourning & Mitzvah:  A Guided Journal for Walking the Mourner's Path Through Grief to Healing.  2nd. ed. 2001.

Bregman, Lucy.  Death and Dying, Spirituality, and Religions : A Study of the Death Awareness Movement.  2003. BL504 .B74 200

Byock, I.  Dying Well: The Prospect for Growth at the End of Life.  New York: Riverhead, 1997.

Chodron, Pema.  When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times.  1997.  BQ5410 .C434 1997

Cohen, C. B., J. C. Heller, B. Jennings, E. F. M. Morgan, D. A. Scott, T. F. Sedgwick, and D. H. Smith.  Faithful Living, Faithful Dying.  Anglican Reflections on End of Life Care.  2000.

Cox, G., R. Bendiksen and R. Stevenson, eds.  Making Sense of Death: Spiritual, pastoral, and Personal Aspects of Dying and Bereavement. 2003.

Cutliffe, John R. Inspiration of Hope in Bereavement Counseling.  2004 No Data

Davidson, Joyce and Ken Doka, eds.  Living With Grief: At School, At Work, At Worship.  1999. BF575 .G7 L785 1999.

Doka, K. J. and Morgan, J. D. (eds.)  Death and Spirituality.  Death, Value and Meaning Series.  Amityville, NY: Baywood, 1993.

Dorff, E. Matters of Life and Death:  A Jewish Approach to Modern Medical Ethics.  1998.

Ebrahim, A. Organ Transplantation, Euthanasia, Cloning and Animal Experimentation: An Islamic View.  2001.

Gilbert,  R.  Healthcare and Spirituality:  Listening, Assessing Caring. Death, Value and Meaning Series.  Amityville, NY: Baywood.  2002.

Gillman, Neil.  The Death of Death: Resurrection and Immortality in Jewish Thought.  Woodstock, Vt.: Jewish Lights, 1997. BM635.4 .G55 2000

Goss, Robert F. and Dennis Klass.  Dead but Not Lost:  Grief Narratives in Religious Traditions.  AltaMira Press.  2005.  BL504. G67

Griffith, William H.  More than a Parting Prayer:  Lessons in Caregiving for the Dying.  2004.

Grollman, E. Living with Loss, Healing with Hope: A Jewish Perspective. 2000.

Guntzelman, J.  God knows You're Grieving:  Things to Do to help You Through.  2001.

Hall, E. Caring for a Loved One with Alzheimer's Disease:  A Christian Perspective. 2000.

Harakas, S. Health and Medicine in the Eastern Orthodox Tradition.  1990

Ikeda, Daisaku, Guy Bourgeault, Rene Simard.  On Being Human:  Where Ethics, Medicine and Spirituality Converge.  2003. BQ4570 .M4 1324 2003

Jewell, A., ed.  Spirituality and Ageing.  1999.

Klass, Dennis. Spiritual Lives of Bereaved Parents. 1999. BL625.9 B48 K53 1999

Longaker, Christine.  Facing Death and Finding Hope: A Guide to the Emotional and Spiritual Care of the Dying.  NY: Doubleday, 1997. BF789 .D4 L664 2001

Ma'sumian, Farnaz.  Life After Death:  A Study of the Afterlife in World Religions.  Oxford: Oneworld, 1995. BL535 .M37 2002

MacGregor, Geddes.  Images of Afterlife: Beliefs from Antiquity to Modern Times.  NY: Paragon, 1992.

MacKingley, E., J. Ellor and S. Pickard, eds.  Aging, Spirituality and Pastoral Care:  A Multi-national Perspective.  2001.

Mackler, A., ed.  Life and Death Responsibilities in Jewish Biomedical Ethics. 2000.

McLeod, Beth Witrogen.  Caregiving: The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss, and Renewal.  John Wiley, 1999. R726 .8 M39 1999

Medding, Peter. Coping with Life and Death: Jewish Families in the Twentieth Century. 1998. DS.25 .S75 No. 14 1998

Miller, J. Autumn Wisdom:  Finding Meaning in Life's Later Years.  1995a.

Morgan, John D. and Pittu Laungani.  Death and Bereavement Around the World.  Vol. 1:  Major Religious Traditions.  Baywood, 2002.  BL504 .D335 2002

Moss, Bernard.  "Spirituality: A Personal View."   Loss and Grief: A Guide for Human Services Practitioners, ed. Neil Thompson 2002. 34-44.  BF575.D35 L665 2002

Neeld, Elizabeth Harper, PhD.  Seven Choices:  Finding Daylight After Loss Shatters Your World.  3rd ed. , rev. 1997.

Neimeyer, Robert.  "Meaning Reconstruction Theory."   Loss and Grief: A Guide for Human Services Practitioners, ed. Neil Thompson 2002. 45-64.  BF575.D35 L665 2002

O'Rourke, K. and P. Boyle.  Medical Ethics:  Sources of Catholic Teachings.  3rd ed.  1999.

Peppin, J. F., M. J. Cherry, and A. Iltis, eds.  The Annals of Bioethics:  Religious Perspectives in Bioethics.  2004.

Prend, Ashley Davis.  Transcending Loss: Understanding the Lifelong Impact of Grief and How to Make it Meaningful.  Berkley, 1997. BF575 .G7 P74 1997

Riemer, Jack, ed.  Wrestling with an Angel: Jewish Insights on Death and Mourning.  NY: Schocken, 1995.

Ring, Kenneth and Evelyn Elsaesser.  Lessons from the Light: What We Can Learn from the Near-Death Experience.  NY: Plenum/Insight, 1998. BF1045 .N4 R556 2000

Rispler-Chaim, V.  Islamic Medical Ethics in the Twentieth Century.  1993.

Russell, Jeffrey Burton.  A History of Heaven: The Singing Silence.  Princeton UP, 1997.

Singh, Kathleen Dowling.  Grace in Dying: How We Are Transformed Spiritually As We Die: A Message of Hope, Comfort, and Spiritual Transformation.  HarperCollins, 1998. BL504 .S56 1998

Smith, Jane Idleman and Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad.  The Islamic Understanding of Death and Resurrection.   Oxford UP, 2002. BP166.8 .S55 2002

Spiro, Howard M., Mary G. McCrea Curnen, and Lee Palmer Wandel, eds.  Facing Death:  Where Culture, Religon, and Medicine Meet.  New Haven: Yale UP, 1996.  F7268 .F33 1996

Taylor, Richard.  Death and the Afterlife: A Cultural Encyclopedia.  2000.  GT3150 .T25 2000

Tibetan Book of the Dead (written down 8th c. CE):  http://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/dead/foreword.html
and http://reluctant-messenger.com/tibetan-book-of-the-dead.htm
Sacred Texts Archive:  http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm

Native American sacred texts:  http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/index.htm

Aboriginal Sites (Australia):  http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVLPages/AborigPages/History.htm

Sacred texts of Australia:  http://www.sacred-texts.com/aus/index.htm

Paleolithic Cave Paintings:  http://www.sacred-texts.com/nel/index.htm

Legends of the Maui (Polynesian/Hawaiian) (as recorded in 1910): http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/maui.htm

Mythology of the Maori of New Zealand (as recorded in 1854):  http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/grey.htm

Kalevala (Finnish National Epic) 1st appeared in print early 19th c.: http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/kaleva.html
Summary of Kalevala's contents:  http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/kaleva7.html

Confucius:  The Great Learning 500 B. C E..:  http://www.sacred-texts.com/cfu/conf2.htm

 The Song Celestial or Baghavad Gita (400 B. C. E.)