Death as a Cultural Construct: How Mythology and Religion Influence Our Understanding of Mortality - Part II
This is a continuation of a series of submittals I am writing that hopefully will helps us reimagine the way we see death by first developing an understanding of how our mythological frames influence our way of thinking. My previous post on this - the first installment here - started with reviewing the frameworks set down by Christianity. This post will deal - inasmuch as I can - with the frameworks set down by Islam. In the spirit of transparency, my readers need to understand that I do not personally subscribe to any organized religious framework now, but was raised in a Judeo-Christian framework. As I age, I notice that a significant portion of my worldview was crafted from the bones of Christian religious doctrine, so I am increasingly aware of how this affects my views on death and dying. I have very close friends who are Muslim - and not in name only. They are devout; observing the traditions of the Hadith , the practice of Zakat, observ...