Across the countries surveyed, many adults say there definitely or probably is life after death. People are generally less likely to say that the spirits of ancestors can help or hurt them. And a ...

(RNS) — The survey marks the first time Pew Research Center asked people outside the United States and Asian countries about practices related to Buddhism, Asian folk religions and New Age ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to better understand the religious and spiritual beliefs, practices, and views of the growing number of people around the world who are religiously ...

Introduction / Kathleen Garces-Foley -- I: RELIGIOUS APPROACHES TO DEATH: The politics of death and burial in native California / Dennis F. Kelley -- Contemporary Hindu approaches to death: living ...

Modern science : a new view of reality -- Beliefs of North American Indians -- Comparison of Indian reincarnation and soul beliefs with world religions -- Shamans and medicine men -- Death and ...