Tales of lights and shadows : mythology of the afterlife
Robert S. Ellwood
Bok · Engelsk · 2010
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| Omfang | vi, 166 sider
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| Opplysninger | 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.
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| Emner | Future life
Mythology Livet etter døden Mytologi (Religion) eskatologi udødelighet livet etter døden afterlife religioner mytologi |
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| ISBN | 9781441143976
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