Sociology: Death & Dying

Where did the ideas of heaven and hell come from? As strange as it may seem to us now, there was a time when no one thought they would go to heave...

In the long run, we're all dead. But for some of the most influential figures in history, death marked the start of a new adventure. The famous dec...

Mortuary Dialogues presents fresh perspectives on death and mourning across the Pacific Islands. Through a set of rich ethnographies, the book e...

Every day, funeral director Caitlin Doughty receives dozens of questions about death. What would happen to an astronauts body if it was pushed out ...

Leesa Ross did not expect to write a book. Neither did she expect the tragedy that her family endured, a horrific and sudden death that led her to ...