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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"thanatology"”.
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A Queer Departure: The Role of Queer Studies and Thanatology in Narrative Videogames Focused on Grief
This Masters thesis studies representations of young people in videogames through a transdisciplinary approach within the academic fields of Queer Studies and Death Studies, and their fused counterpart known as Queer Death Studies (QDS). Through the methodology of Fairclough’s (1995) Critical …
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The Social Construction of Loss and Grief: Experiences of Coastal Louisiana Residents
… draws from existing literature in psychology, thanatology, and sociology to develop the understanding of loss and grief. The strategy of inquiry employed for this qualitative study is ethnography, and the study uses fifteen in-depth interviews. The analysis addresses the pre-Katrina reality of …
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Speaking on the brink of sheol: Form and theology of Old Testament death stories
… and it provides a basis for comparison with the thanatology derived from the death stories. Chapter 3 surveys death accounts in the ancient Near East and in the Old Testament and classifies the various death accounts in the Hebrew Scriptures as notices, reports, or stories. In addition, this …
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A Biblical Portrait of Death as the Qualifier of Both the Ethic and Value of Human Life
… within the much broader context of a biblical thanatology. Chapter 2 provides a briefing on the design and origin of death. Chapters 3 and 4 continue this briefing with exegesis, respectively, of the Old and New Testament's articulation of the value of human life and God's instrumental usage …
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Spontaneous Post-Death Experiences and the Cognition of Hope:An Examination of Bereavement and Recovery
… in this case combining positive psychology, thanatology and healthcare. And finally, the thesis highlights the usefulness of the mixed method approaches, to provide ‘sweeping maps’ of any given phenomena under investigation, particularly in cases where the previous research findings are …
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Wellbeing Impacts and Clinical Implications of Near-Death Experiences
… literature as well as the parapsychology, thanatology, and health literature.
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Music, death, and dying : a systematic review of hospice and palliative care literature
ABSTRACTMUSIC, DEATH, AND DYING:A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE LITERATUREByVirginia A. AndersonThe purpose of this research was to categorize, code and summarize articles and abstracts on music therapy and palliative care and hospice in order to highlight themes and trends, as …