Tales of lights and shadows: mythology of the afterlife
Robert Ellwood
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Tales of lights and shadows: mythology of the afterlife / Robert Ellwoodمشخصات نشر
لندن : Continuum، 2010ممشخصات ظاهری
vi, 166 p.; 22 cm.موضوع
Future lifeMythology
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Includes bibliographical references )p. ]541[-941( and indx.مندرجات
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