22/05/2024 14:15 - 16:30

HALL: FATESI - CAMPO

Proponent: Sayilgan Z.

Chair: Sayilgan Z., Tacchini D.

Speaker: Kawanishi H., Sayilgan Z., Sayilgan S., Shahsavarialavijeh M., Tacchini D.

Death and Dying are universal human experiences. Yet, the religious meanings, responses, and rituals concerning the reality of death are diverse. As the religious landscape around the globe is changing, the interreligious study of death and dying requires academic and pastoral attention. To equip those who care for and serve the dying and bereaved, interreligious knowledge, competency, and skills are needed. This panel will bring into conversation scholars for an interreligious reflection on the broad area of Death and Dying. We are interested in papers that demonstrate how the interreligious study of Death and Dying results in a paradigm shift in thinking about how to care for a religiously diverse population.


Topics can include but are not limited to:


-Death Awareness and Death Anxiety
-Theologies of Death and Dying
-Theologies of Afterlife
-Religion and Politics around Euthanasia and Assisted-Dying/Suicide
-Rituals around Death and Dying
-Religious Understandings of a Good Death
-Bereavement and Grief