A survey of ideas on death, immortality, the Afterlife, sin, retribution, goodness and salvation, this book draws on philosophical and literary material from Ancient Egypt, Greece, Judaism, Islam, Christianity, and modern and secularwork. As well as giving information and deploying arguments, Casey suggests away of thinking and feeling, for ideas of heaven and hell raise questions about how we should understand the ultimate nature of sin, justice, punishment, and our moral sense itself. INDICE: PART 1; Prologue; 1: AFTER LIVES; 2: EGYPT; 3: MESOPOTAMIA AND ISRAEL; 4: GREECE AND ROME; 5: THE CHRISTIAN BEGINNINGS; 6: DANTE: INFERNO; 7:PREDESTINATION: AUGUSTINE TO CALVIN AND BEYOND; 8: THE DECLINE OF HELL; Part II; 9; HEAVEN; 10: HEAVEN: EGYPT, MESOPOTAMIA, ISRAEL; 11: BODIES FLESHLY AND SPIRITUAL; 12: DANTE: PARADISO; 13: CELESTIAL PLEASURES: RENAISSANCE AND; REFORMATION HEAVENS; 14: HEAVENLY SPECULATIONS; 15: HEAVEN SEEN AND HEARD: SWEDENBORG; 16: WITH EASY INTERCOURSE PASS TO AND FRO; 17: SCORING IN HEAVEN
- ISBN: 978-0-19-509295-0
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 480
- Fecha Publicación: 07/01/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés