This rich anthology of writings about heaven spans the millennia as well as the globe: the sacred chants of the Buddhist Pure Land sutras reverberate alongside John Donne's holy sonnets, and Shaker songs complement Jewish mystical hymns. 10 illustrations.
This rich anthology of writings about heaven spans the millennia as well as the globe: the sacred chants of the Buddhist Pure Land sutras reverberate alongside John Donne's holy sonnets, and Shaker songs complement Jewish mystical hymns. 10 illustrations.
Carol Zaleski is Professor of Religion at Smith College. She is the author of Otherworld Journeys and The Life of the World to Come (both OUP). Philip Zaleski is Lecturer in Religion at Smith College and Senior Editor of Parabola. He is the author of The Recollected Heart and Gifts of the Spirit, and editor of the annual Best Spiritual Writing series. They live in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Inhaltsangabe
* Part I: The Journey. With readings from Alighieri St Bede the Venerable John Bunyan Henry Fielding P B Shelley CG Jung The Greek Magical Papyri The Second Book of Jeu Sir Walter Raleigh * Part II: Lands of Bliss. With readings from Rupert Brooke Louis Ginzberg Marcus Tullius Cicero Howard Schwartz John G Neihardt Robert Hare Elizabeth Stuart Phelps * Part III: The Vision of God. With readings from St Augustine As-Suyuti The Sukhavativyuha Sutra Dante Alighiere Jonathan Edwards Marie Corelli the Bible Edmund Spenser John Henry Cardinal Newman * Part IV: The Celestial Court. With readings from Homer Pseudo-Dionysius Bhagavat Purana John Milton Robert Southey Lord Byron Pope Pius XII G K Chesterton * Part V: Heavenly Society. With readings from Mark Twain Arthur Conan Doyle Julain Barnes St Hildegard of Bingen Jalal ad-Din ar Rumi * Part VI: Heaven on Earth. With readings from Plato Milton Bhagavata Purana Hans Christian Andersen Charles Fourier William James Mikhail Lermontov Shaker songs. * Part VII: New Heaven New Earth. With readings from the Bible the Qu'ran George Sword St Augustine C S Lewis John Donne Henry Vaughan. * Credits * Index
* Part I: The Journey. With readings from Alighieri St Bede the Venerable John Bunyan Henry Fielding P B Shelley CG Jung The Greek Magical Papyri The Second Book of Jeu Sir Walter Raleigh * Part II: Lands of Bliss. With readings from Rupert Brooke Louis Ginzberg Marcus Tullius Cicero Howard Schwartz John G Neihardt Robert Hare Elizabeth Stuart Phelps * Part III: The Vision of God. With readings from St Augustine As-Suyuti The Sukhavativyuha Sutra Dante Alighiere Jonathan Edwards Marie Corelli the Bible Edmund Spenser John Henry Cardinal Newman * Part IV: The Celestial Court. With readings from Homer Pseudo-Dionysius Bhagavat Purana John Milton Robert Southey Lord Byron Pope Pius XII G K Chesterton * Part V: Heavenly Society. With readings from Mark Twain Arthur Conan Doyle Julain Barnes St Hildegard of Bingen Jalal ad-Din ar Rumi * Part VI: Heaven on Earth. With readings from Plato Milton Bhagavata Purana Hans Christian Andersen Charles Fourier William James Mikhail Lermontov Shaker songs. * Part VII: New Heaven New Earth. With readings from the Bible the Qu'ran George Sword St Augustine C S Lewis John Donne Henry Vaughan. * Credits * Index
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