Thirteenth International Conference on Religion & Spirituality in Society

Abstract

Although not everyone fears it, at least it is something that no one can be indifferent to. Death is the protagonist of this study that begins with an in-depth analysis of ancient civilizations, religious construction, the emergence of the gods and the perception of the Beyond. Later, it continues with a tour, hand in hand with the sacred books, through the paths of paradise, purgatory and hell, which have been created in the Catholic, Muslim and Jewish religions, as a product of the contacts and migrations of the most important civilizations of the world; finally, we explore the symbolic, narrative and social complex of these three religions, which materializes in funeral rituals and how to this day it is still the way of saying goodbye to those who have transcended to another form of existence.