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Beyond : how humankind thinks about heaven / Catherine Wolff.

Wolff, Catherine, 1952- (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781594634451
ISBN: 1594634459
Physical Description: xvi, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2021.
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: At the horizon of the known -- Part I. In the beginning. Seek and ye shall find ; Origins ; The sacred fire -- Part II. Ancient religions. An imagined world ; The realm of endless light ; As though it were a dream -- Part III. Judaism. The eternal covenant ; No eye has seen it ; The gates of the imagination ; Today -- Part IV. Christianity. Jesus on Earth ; Staying alert ; Augustine's visions ; Many heavens ; They had love always ; Predestination for glory ; Eternal progress ; God's new creation -- Part V. Islam. The path to the afterlife ; Companions of the garden ; The goal of you all is Allah ; For God to decide -- Part VI. Hinduism and Buddhism. Looking east ; Life after life after life ; Gone to God ; The path to enlightenment ; The clear light ; If we could only awaken -- Part VII. We shall not cease from exploration. Voices from beyond ; The beyond within ; Beyond time-space ; The vastly alerted mind ; The universe awakening ; At the end of all our exploring -- Afterword: Death is the mother of beauty.