Tales of Lights and Shadows : Mythology of the Afterlife.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,
2010.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9781441186034 1441186034 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- 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 Path9 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.