Heaven Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife Lisa Miller
Product Details:
Publisher: Harper; 1 edition (March 23, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060554754
ASIN: B004F9OUXU
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.4 x 1.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
A groundbreaking and accessible history of heavenfrom the earliest biblical conceptions of the afterlife to the theologians who frame our understandings to the convictions and perceptions of everyday people Drawing on history and popular culture, biblical research and everyday beliefs, Heaven offers a new understanding of one of the most cherishedand sharedideals of spiritual life isometic exercise download. Lisa Miller raises debates and discussions not just about our visions of the afterlife, but about how our beliefs have influenced the societies we have built and the lifestyles to which we have subscribed, exploring the roots of our beliefs in heaven and how these have evolved throughout the ages to offer comfort and hope isometic exercise download. She also reveals how the notion of heaven has been used for manipulationto promulgate goodness and evilas inspiration for selfless behavior, and as justification for mass murder isometic exercise download. As Miller demonstrates in this absorbing and enlightening book, the desire for a celestial afterlife is universalshared by the faithful around the world and across religions isometic exercise download. It is as old as the Bible itself. While there are many notions of what exactly heaven is and how we get there, Jews, Christians, and Muslims all agree that heaven is God's home. From the Revelation to the Left Behind series, Augustine to Osama bin Laden, Muslims in the West Bank to American Mormons baptizing their dead, Heaven is a penetrating look at one of our most cherished religious ideals.
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