T. Walter

The Eclipse of Eternity

A Sociology of the Afterlife

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Many people still believe in life after death, but modern institutions operate as though this were the only world - eternity is now eclipsed from view in society and even in the church. This book carefully observes the eclipse - what caused it, how full is it, what are its consequences, will it last? How significant is recent interest in near-death experiences and reincarnation?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-312-15933-7
• 1996
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 144mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9780312159337
• ISBN-10: 0312159331
• Artikelnr.: 21110473

Autorenporträt

TONY WALTER

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - The Afterlife: a Theological Survey - The Afterlife: Popular Beliefs Today - Secularisation and the Terror of Death - Idealist and Materialist Explanations - Medicine: the Secularisation of Hope - Funerals and Burials: the Secularisation of Ritual (1) - Cremation and Dissection: the Secularisation of Ritual (2) - Loss: the Secularisation of Meaning - Retrospect and Prospect - Pastoral Care - Heavens on Earth - Ethics without Eternity - The Reappearance of the Hereafter - The Eclipse of Eternity - Bibliography - Index