The Resource Heaven : our enduring fascination with the afterlife, Lisa Miller
Heaven : our enduring fascination with the afterlife, Lisa Miller
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- Summary
- A groundbreaking and accessible history of heaven--from 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, religion journalist Lisa Miller offers a new understanding of one of the most cherished ideals of spiritual life. She discusses not just our visions of the afterlife, but how our beliefs have influenced the societies we have built and the lifestyles to which we have subscribed. She also reveals how the notion of heaven has been used for manipulation--to promulgate goodness and evil--as inspiration for selfless behavior, and as justification for mass murder. From the Revelation to the Left Behind series, Augustine to bin Laden, Muslims in the West Bank to American Mormons baptizing their dead, this is a penetrating look at a cherished religious ideal.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxvii, 331 pages
- Contents
-
- What is heaven?
- The miracle
- The kingdom is near
- Green, green pastures
- Resurrection
- Salvation
- Visionaries
- Reunions
- Is heaven boring?
- Isbn
- 9780060554750
- Label
- Heaven : our enduring fascination with the afterlife
- Title
- Heaven
- Title remainder
- our enduring fascination with the afterlife
- Statement of responsibility
- Lisa Miller
- Title variation
- Heaven: our enduring fascination with the afterlife
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A groundbreaking and accessible history of heaven--from 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, religion journalist Lisa Miller offers a new understanding of one of the most cherished ideals of spiritual life. She discusses not just our visions of the afterlife, but how our beliefs have influenced the societies we have built and the lifestyles to which we have subscribed. She also reveals how the notion of heaven has been used for manipulation--to promulgate goodness and evil--as inspiration for selfless behavior, and as justification for mass murder. From the Revelation to the Left Behind series, Augustine to bin Laden, Muslims in the West Bank to American Mormons baptizing their dead, this is a penetrating look at a cherished religious ideal.--From publisher description
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- 346442
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Miller, Lisa
- Dewey number
- 202/.3
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BL540
- LC item number
- .M56 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
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- Heaven
- Abrahamic religions
- Heaven
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
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- our 2000-year-old fascination with the afterlife
- Label
- Heaven : our enduring fascination with the afterlife, Lisa Miller
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-320) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- What is heaven? -- The miracle -- The kingdom is near -- Green, green pastures -- Resurrection -- Salvation -- Visionaries -- Reunions -- Is heaven boring?
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxvii, 331 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060554750
- Lccn
- 2009026063
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- 419855145
- (OCoLC)419855145
- Label
- Heaven : our enduring fascination with the afterlife, Lisa Miller
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-320) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- What is heaven? -- The miracle -- The kingdom is near -- Green, green pastures -- Resurrection -- Salvation -- Visionaries -- Reunions -- Is heaven boring?
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxvii, 331 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060554750
- Lccn
- 2009026063
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- 419855145
- (OCoLC)419855145
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