INTRODUCTION This paper explores definitions of death from the perspectives of several world and indigenous religions, with practical application for health care providers in relation to end of life decisions and organ and tissue donation after death. It provides background material on several traditions and explains how different religions derive their conclusions for end of life decisions fro...

Heterodoxy serves as an umbrella term to cover the coming together of separate projects or traditions. In answering the question, ‘what distinguishes heterodoxy from the orthodoxy?’, the author argues that matters of ontology are central. In answering the question, ‘how are the various traditions that make up the modern heterodoxy to be distinguished from each other?’, the author defends criter...