LEADER 03013nam 2200589 450 001 9910811904603321 005 20230725025110.0 010 $a1-282-82207-1 010 $a9786612822070 010 $a1-4411-8603-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000047839 035 $a(EBL)592438 035 $a(OCoLC)670412119 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000429333 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11305709 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000429333 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10430238 035 $a(PQKB)11134885 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC592438 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5309601 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3002982 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3002982 035 $a(OCoLC)928191481 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000047839 100 $a20180807d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTales of lights and shadows $emythology of the afterlife /$fRobert Ellwood 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cContinuum,$d[2010] 210 4$dİ2010 215 $a1 online resource (173 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4411-4397-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [145]-149) and index. 327 $aIn that good night, what dreams may come? : myth, meaning, and afterlife -- Hungry and happy fields of the dead : gloomy vs. bright views of the afterlife -- The several homelands of the heart : abodes of the soul -- Circling paths, endless journey : reincarnation vs. eternal life in heaven or hell -- God or garden of delights? : is heaven theocentric or anthropocentric? -- Ghostly fear and love : the dread of ancestral spirits vs. respect and honor -- On the long march : community and religious solidarity vs. individual reward and punishment -- Amazing grace : difficult vs. the easy path -- The end of days : linear and cyclical time -- Common and uncommon faith : the afterlife in folk religion and the great tradition -- Retrospect : afterlife and culture. 330 $aTales of Lights and Shadows offers a fresh approach to the traditional mythology and literature of the afterlife, centering on tensions and polarities in the afterlife concepts: bright vs. dismal, heaven vs. reincarnation, theocentric vs. anthropocentric heaven, etc. Presenting examples from virtually all the world's religious cultures past and present, this fascinating book puts the concepts clearly in the context of the worldview and social issues of that society. Robert Ellwood depicts the many rich mythologies of the afterlife from the ancient Mesopotamians, Japanese, Greeks of the Homeric 606 $aFuture life 606 $aMythology 615 0$aFuture life. 615 0$aMythology. 676 $a202/.3 700 $aEllwood$b Robert S.$f1933-$0919567 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811904603321 996 $aTales of lights and shadows$94004185 997 $aUNINA