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Foreword / Philip Heyden -- Introduction / Chris De Lauwer -- Ancient Egypt: Life After Death / Els De Palmenaer & Eugène Warmenbol -- Africa: Living With The Ancestors In A Cyclic World / Els De Palmenaer -- There's No Life Without Death: The Ancestor Cult In Melanesia / Vicky Van Bockhaven -- Karma And Reincarnation In The Indian Religions / Chris De Lauwer -- Hinduism: One With The All-soul -- Jainism: Non-violence Towards Any Form Of Life -- Buddhism: The Way To Nirvana -- The Religions Of The Book: Judaism, Christianity And Islam / Bert Broeckaert & Stef Van Den Branden -- Judaism -- Christianity -- Islam -- Freethinking Humanism Pictured / William Elias & Chris De Lauwer -- The Authors -- Colophon And Photo Credits. [editor, Chris De Lauwer; Texts, Bert Broeckaert [and Others]]. This Book Has Been Published To Accompany The Thematic Exhibition On The Seventh Floor Of The Mas: Life And Death. Of Gods And Men.