The Rise and Fall of the Afterlife
The 1995 Read-Tuckwell Lectures at the University of Bristol
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Word Count
64,000 words, Guess
Page Count
256 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiverisefallofafterl0000brem
- ISBN-139780415141482
- ISBN-100415141486
- Library of Congress Control Number2001019574
- OCLC Control Number264495596
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number46474112
- Better World Books9780415141482
- Open LibraryOL7483983M
Classifications
- LCCBL535 .B75 2002
- LCCBL535.B75 2001
- LCCBL535 .B75 2002eb
Description
"The afterlife is still very much alive in Western civilisation, even though the truth of its existence is no longer universally accepted. Surprisingly, however, heaven, hell and the immortal soul were all ideas which arrived relatively late in the ancient world. Originally Greece and Israel - the cultures that gave us Christianity - had only the vaguest ideas of an afterlife. So where did these concepts come from and why did they develop?" "This perceptive and intriguing book concludes that every period gets the afterlife it deserves. It will be of interest to all those interested in what other cultures have believed about life after death, as well as being a standard work for students and researchers in ancient religions, cultural history, and the history and sociology of religion."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
Even though their existence is no longer universally accepted, heaven and hell are still very much alive in Western civilisation.
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