Pamela Leong is a professor of sociology at Salem State University in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. Leong is a sociology generalist who is interested in a wide array of sociology sub-disciplines and topics, as well as topics that venture into other academic disciplines. Her most recent research publications include two monographs: Rating Professors Online: How Culture, Technology, and Consumer Expectations Shape Modern Student Evaluations (2020) and Religion, Flesh, and Blood: The Convergence of HIV/AIDS, Black Sexual Expression, and Therapeutic Religion (2015).

• 1.Introduction.  2.The Link Between Religion, Health, and Death Anxiety.  3.Anticipating Death.  4.Religion and Tragic Deaths: Suicide and Homicide.  5.Religion and Tragic Deaths: The Death of Young Children.  6.Reflections on Life, Death, and Religion.  7.How College Students Use Religion to Comprehend Death.  8. Religious Interpretative Frameworks in the Face of Death.

This important book examines the commonly overlooked experiences of death, loss, and grief among younger people. Leong shows how religion continues to play re-orienting roles in meaning-making for these experiences. Essential reading for all students, teachers, and the families behind them. A brilliant and valuable contribution.