Tales of lights and shadows : : mythology of the afterlife / / Robert Ellwood.
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| Place / Publishing House: | London ;, New York : : Continuum,, [2010] 2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 166 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- In 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.