After lives : a guide to heaven, hell, and purgatory / John Casey.

Author/creator Casey, John, 1939-
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Descriptionviii, 468 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Dark futures. After lives -- Egypt -- Mesopotamia and Israel -- Greece and Rome -- The Christian beginnings -- Dante : Inferno -- Predestination : Augustine to Calvin and beyond -- The decline of hell -- Purgatory. Rome's happiest inspiration? -- Heaven. Heaven : Egypt, Mesopotamia, Israel -- Bodies fleshly and spiritual -- Dante : Paradiso -- Celestial pleasures : Renaissance and Reformation heavens -- Heavenly speculations -- Heaven seen and heard : Swedenborg -- With easy intercourse pass to and fro -- Scoring in heaven.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009007204
ISBN9780195092950 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN0195092953 (hardback : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks BL535 .C37 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold