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Author:   Robert Ellwood
Publisher:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
Imprint:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.249kg
ISBN:  

9781441143976

ISBN 10:   1441143971
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   11 November 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. In That Good Night, What Dreams May Come?: Taking Afterlife Seriously vs. Virtual Disbelief or Unconcern 2. The Hunger and the Happy Fields of the Dead: Gloomy views of the Afterlife vs. Bright, Happy Pictures 3. The Several Homelands of the Heart: Abodes of the Soul 4. Grottoes of Earth and Heaven: Immortality Here and There 5. Circling Paths, Endless Journey: Reincarnation on this Earth vs. Eternal Life in a Heavenly Realm 6. God or Garden of Delights?: Is Heaven Theocentric or Anthropocentric? 7. Progress or Perfection?: Does One Grow Spiritually in Heaven? 8. Ghostly Fear and Love: The Dread of Ancestral Spirits vs. Respect and Honor 9. On the Long March: Community and Religious Solidarity vs. Individual Reward and Punishment 10. Amazing Grace: The Difficult vs. the Easy Path 11. The End of Days: Linear and Cyclical Time 12. Havens for Heroes: Ordinary vs. Extraordinary Destinies after Death 13. The One and the Many: Individual Afterlife Destinies vs. Union with God 14. Conclusion: Afterlife and Culture Bibliography Index

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Ellwood, a well-known and widely published scholar of comparative religions, investigates myths about the afterlife in ancient Mesopotamia, Japan, Greece (Homeric era), Christianity, and Buddhism... Along the way, Ellwood provides readers with needed conceptual information... Ellwood manages this feat with a comprehensible style and vocabulary that allows even readers with no background to absorb the essence of these issues from Ellwood... mastery of the field. Highly recommended. * CHOICE * This book is a wonderful read. Essentially a survey work which acquaints readers with most of the afterlife myths of the world's major religions, it offers itself as a basic introductory primer. The author should be well known to religious studies readers as someone who has been a prolific academic writer in the field for over 35 years. The book is written with a sure hand- both in terms of content as well as writing style. * Journal of Contemporary Religion, Vol. 27, No. 1 *

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Robert Ellwood was Professor of Religion at the University of Southern California from 1967 until his retirement in 1997. He is author or editor of over 25 books, including textbooks in world religions and religious studies, histories, and works on spirituality.

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