TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ellwood,Robert
TI  - Tales of Lights and Shadows: Mythology of the Afterlife
SN  - 9781441186034
AV  - BL535.E66 2010 
U1  - 202/.3 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
KW  - Future life
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- 1 In That Good Night, What Dreams May Come? Myth, Meaning, and Afterlife -- 2 Hungry and Happy Fields of the Dead: Gloomy vs. Bright Views of the Afterlife -- 3 The Several Homelands of the Heart: Abodes of the Soul -- 4 Circling Paths, Endless Journey: Reincarnation vs. Eternal Life in Heaven or Hell -- 5 God or Garden of Delights? Is Heaven Theocentric or Anthropocentric? -- 6 Ghostly Fear and Love: The Dread of Ancestral Spirits vs. Respect and Honor -- 7 On the Long March: Community and Religious Solidarity vs. Individual Reward and Punishment -- 8 Amazing Grace: The Dif.cult vs. the Easy Path -- 9 The End of Days: Linear and Cyclical Time -- 10 Common and Uncommon Faith: The Afterlife in Folk Religion and the Great Tradition -- 11 Retrospect: Afterlife and Culture -- Further Reading -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
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