Heaven, hell, and the afterlife : eternity in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam / / J. Harold Ellens, editor

• Pubblicazione: Santa Barbara : , : Praeger, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (3 volumes)
• Disciplina: 202/.3
• Soggetto topico: Future life; Eternity
• Persona (resp. second.): EllensJ. Harold <1932->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-148) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Volume 1 End Time and Afterlife in Judaism; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Afterlife and Underworld in the Bible; CHAPTER 2 End Time and Afterlife in Judaism: Two Readings of the Vision of the End of Days; CHAPTER 3 Caught in the Snare of She'ol, but Dew Gives Life to Dust; CHAPTER 4 The Afterlife in the Septuagint; CHAPTER 5 Enochic Judaism and the Messiah of the Early Church: Adapted Images of Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife; CHAPTER 6 Heaven and Hell, Angels and Demons: The Other Side in the Second Temple Period ; CHAPTER 7 Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Their Influences in the New TestamentCHAPTER 8 The Afterlife in Philo and Josephus; CHAPTER 9 Death and Future Life: A Jewish Meditation; CHAPTER 10 Jewish Christian Eschatology; CHAPTER 11 Jesus and the Afterlife: Glimpses of Jewish Traditions in the Teachings of Jesus; CHAPTER 12 Near-Death Experiences and Transcendence in Judaism; CHAPTER 13 From Spiritual Care to Religious Violence: The Liabilities of the Afterlife ; CHAPTER 14 Hell on Earth: Corporeal Existence as the Ultimate Punishment of the Wicked in Philo of Alexandria and the Wisdom of SolomonConclusion; Author Biographies; Advisory Board; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Volume 2 End Time and Afterlife in Christianity; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Heaven, Hell, and the Text of the New Testament; CHAPTER 2 Eternal Life in John's Gospel: It's Playing Now; CHAPTER 3 The Tomb Cult of the Early Jesus-Followers in Jerusalem ; CHAPTER 4 When Heaven Gives You Hell: Salvation of the Soul in the Gnostic Christian Gospel of PhilipCHAPTER 5 Shifting Views of Heaven, Hell, and the Afterlife in the Second Century CE; CHAPTER 6 Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife in the Christian Creeds; CHAPTER 7 Hades, Hell, and Sheol: The Reception History of the King James Version in American Fundamentalism; CHAPTER 8 The History of the King James Bible as a Source and Response to Ecumenical Anxiety; CHAPTER 9 Re-Membering the Body of Christ: Historical Origins and Psychological Implications of the Doctrine of the Communion of Saints ; CHAPTER 10 Signposts for Heaven: C. S. Lewis, Sehnsucht, and the Fulfillment of JoyCHAPTER 11 The Afterlife in Fundamentalism; CHAPTER 12 Humanistic Christian Ideations on Heaven and Hell; CHAPTER 13 Popular Notions on Afterlife in the Christian Community; CHAPTER 14 Eternity in the Age of Aquarius: Origins and Concepts of Heaven and Hell in the New Age Movement; CHAPTER 15 Eschatology in African Christian Theology; CHAPTER 16 Near-Death Experiences from a Christian Vantage Point; CHAPTER 17 Heaven, Hell, and Paradise: Consciousness Research and Eschatological Mythology ; CHAPTER 18 Do Heaven and Hell Matter? How a Christian Perspective on Heaven and Hell Shapes Our Psychology
• Sommario/riassunto: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism all feature ideas about heaven, hell, and afterlife, and these concepts have evolved over time within these religions. This work supplies a detailed and coherent understanding of the broad scope of spiritual thinking in the last 3,000 years within the Abrahamic traditions.
• Titolo autorizzato: Heaven, hell, and the afterlife
• ISBN: 979-82-16-09530-9; 1-4408-0183-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816781903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Psychology, religion, and spirituality.