Rethinking ghosts in world religions - Pu, Muzhou 1952- (Brill, 2009)
Proceedings of a conference held in Dec. 2005
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-335) and index
Wind and smoke : giving up the ghost of Enkidu, comprehending Enkidu's ghosts - Jerrold S. Cooper -- - Belief and the dead in Pharaonic Egypt - Christopher J. Eyre -- - Where have all the ghosts gone? : evolution of a concept in biblical literature - Sze-kar Wan -- - Ghosts and responsibility : the Hebrew Bible, Confucius, Plato - Steven Shankman -- - The Roman manes : the dead as gods - Charles W. King -- - The ghostly troop and the battle over death : William of Auvergne (d. 1249) connects Christian, Old Norse, and Irish views - Alan E. Bernstein -- - Ghosts of the European Enlightenment - Fernando Vidal -- - Ghost, vampire, and scientific naturalism : observation and evidence in the supernatural fiction of Grant Allen, Bram Stoker and Arthur Conan Doyle - Shang-jen Li -- - The cult of Vetāla and Tantric fantasy - Po-chi Huang -- - The culture of ghosts in the Six Dynasties period (c. 220-589 C.E.) - Mu-chou Poo -- - Allegorical narrative in Six Dynasties anomaly tales : ghostly sightings and afterworld vengeance - Yuan-ju Liu -- - Chinese ghosts : reconciling psychoanalytic, structuralist, and Marxian perspectives - P. Steven Sangren
Keywords: Geschichte; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Parapsychology / General; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Angels & Spirit Guides; Ghosts; Religions; Spirits; Geesten; Spoken; Godsdiensten; Fantômes; Esprits; Religion populaire; Geister; Weltreligion; Religion; Ghosts -- Congresses; Spirits -- Congresses; Religions -- Congresses; Konferenzschrift