Abstract
Describes the work of R.J. Lifton, who identified five modes by which persons seek immortality (i.e., to not be forgotten after death) and the adaptation of these modes in the Death Transcendence Scale. Suggests, after reporting results for the religious, mystical, creative, bio/social, and nature subscales which represent these modes, that all efforts to live on after death express a spiritual quest—even though they do not pertain to life after death—and are the appropriate foci of pastoral care and counseling.
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