John Casey (Fellow and Fellow Tutor and Gonville Tutor and Caius

After Lives

A Guide to Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A fascinating exploration of ideas of life after death ranging from ancient times to the present and from religion and philosophy to literature and science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 630g
• ISBN-13: 9780199975037
• ISBN-10: 0199975035
• Artikelnr.: 37315824

Autorenporträt

John Casey is a Fellow of Caius College, Cambridge University. He is the author of Pagan Virtue, Morality and Moral Reasoning and The Language of Criticism.

Inhaltsangabe

PART 1: DARK FUTURES
Prologue: STEPHEN DEDALUS'S HELL
Chapter One: AFTER LIVES
Chapter Two: EGYPT
Chapter Three: MESOPOTAMIA AND ISRAEL
Chapter Four: GREECE AND ROME
Chapter Five: THE CHRISTIAN BEGINNINGS
Chapter Six: DANTE: INFERNO
Chapter Seven: PREDESTINATION: AUGUSTINE TO CALVIN AND BEYOND
Chapter Eight: THE DECLINE OF HELL
Part II: PURGATORY
Chapter Nine: ROME'S HAPPIEST INSPIRATION?
HEAVEN
Chapter Ten: HEAVEN: EGYPT, MESOPOTAMIA, ISRAEL
Chapter Eleven: BODIES FLESHLY AND SPIRITUAL
Chapter Twelve: DANTE: PARADISO
Chapter Thirteen: CELESTIAL PLEASURES: RENAISSANCE AND
REFORMATION HEAVENS
Chapter Fourteen: HEAVENLY SPECULATIONS
Chapter Fifteen: HEAVEN SEEN AND HEARD: SWEDENBORG
Chapter Sixteen: WITH EASY INTERCOURSE PASS TO AND FRO
Chapter Seventeen: SCORING IN HEAVEN
Index