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Author : Paul Badham,Linda Badham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : UVA:X001313940
Author : Paul Badham,Linda Badham
Publisher : Afterworlds Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1786772388
Most of the world's religions hold a belief in some form of life after death. The editors of this major anthology seek a global perspective on the importance of these beliefs, based on religion, psychical research, and the natural sciences. Eleven chapters explore the afterlife teachings of religions around the world. In order to emphasize the diversity beliefs - even across particular belief systems - some contributors write from within the traditions, while others offer critical and alternate views. The chapters cover afterlife beliefs in African religions, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism while raising a number of important questions. Is a belief in an afterlife necessary to provide meaning to the here and now? Can science provide the means of affirming such beliefs? A further four contributions address these questions directly, and critique the belief systems from the perspectives of philosophy and psychical research. The final chapter highlights the importance of research into states of consciousness during near-death and other mystical experiences. Taken as a whole, the book constitutes the most valuable resource on the subject to date. The editors conclude that in some respects, a global perspective does emerge - particularly that human beings are more than just our bodies, but are "composed of a physical and nonphysical element." The contributors are all prominent international scholars, including Kofi Asare Opoku, Daniel Cohn-Sherbok, Thomas McGowan, Sulayman S. Nyang, Salih Tug, Mariasusai Dhavamony, R. Balasubramanian, Saeng Chandra-Ngarm, Bruce R. Reichenbach, Antony Flew, Arthur S. Berger, David Lorimer, and the editors themselves.
Author : Hans Schwarz
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2000-09-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802847331
Schwarz guides readers through the range of opinions on the subject of the future, telling how readers' understanding of eschatology has developed and laying out the factors that must be considered when speaking meaningfully about the Christian hope in the 21st century. He surveys the teachings about the future in the Old and New Testaments and addresses the views of Christian and secular thinkers throughout history.
Author : Farnáz Maʻsúmián
Publisher : Kalimat Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1890688274
Author : Harold G. Coward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : UVA:X004095371
Experts from six traditions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Chinese religions discuss rituals, practices, and emotions as they relate to death and the hope of life that follows death.
Author : John Hick
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664255094
In this cross-cultural, interdisciplinary study, John Hick draws upon major world religions, as well as biology, psychology, parapsychology, anthropology, and philosophy, to explore the mystery of death. He argues that scientific and philosophical objections to the idea of survival after death can be challenged, and he claims that human inadequacy in facing suffering supports the basic religious argument for immortality.
Author : Hiroshi Obayashi
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : UVA:X002079492
Examines the subject of death and immortality in Africa, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece. Also from the point of view of the Old Testament, New Testament, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Tibetan Trantric and Chinese religions.
Author : Deborah M. Coulter-Harris
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780786497928
Humans have been chasing immortality since the beginning of history, seeking answers to sickness and aging, death and the afterlife, and questioning the human condition. Analyzing ideas from ancient Sumer, Egypt, Greece and India, as well as the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, this study explores how early religious models influenced later beliefs about immortality, the afterlife, the human soul, resurrection, and reward and punishment. The author highlights shared teachings among the most influential religions and philosophies, concluding that humankind has not substantially changed its conceptions of immortality in 6,000 years. This continuity of belief may be due to chromosomal memory and cultural inheritance, or may represent a fundamental way of conceptualizing the afterlife to cope with mortality. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author : James H. Leuba
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Immortality
ISBN : OSU:32435015477573
Author : T Ryan Byerly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000388282
This book offers a multifaceted exploration of death and the possibilities for an afterlife. By incorporating a variety of approaches to these subjects, it provides a unique framework for extending and reshaping enduring philosophical debates around human existence up to and after death. Featuring original essays from a diverse group of international scholars, the book is arranged in four main sections. Firstly, it addresses how death is or should be experienced, engaging with topics such as near-death experiences, continuing bonds with the deceased, and attitudes toward dying. Secondly, it looks at surviving death, addressing the metaphysics of human persons, the nature of time, the nature of the true self, and the nature of the divine. It then evaluates the value of mortality and immortality, drawing upon the resources of the history of philosophy, meta-analysis of contemporary debates, and the analogy between individual death and species extinction. Finally, it explores what an eternal life might be like, examining the place of selflessness, embodiment, and racial identity in such a life. This volume allows for a variety of philosophical and theological perspectives to be brought to bear on the end of life and what might be beyond. As such, it will be a fascinating resource for scholars in the philosophy of religion, theology, and death studies.
Author : Loraine Boettner
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781787208605
In this concise, comprehensive, and hope-filled study of death and immortality, which was first published in 1956, author Loraine Boettner addresses a wide range of existential questions, including what happens at death, prayers for the dead, burial versus cremation, soul sleep, annihilation, purgatory, and eternal life. “...an enriching, wholesome and comforting book.”—The Evangelical Christian “It is doubtful if any monograph on this subject has ever been published that treats it in a more convincing and challenging manner.”—The Southern Presbyterian Journal “...well written, carefully documented, Scripturally sound, logically presented, and most helpful.”—Sunday School Board, Southern Baptist Convention
Author : Kenneth Kramer
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0809129426
Examines how each of the major religions looks at death by including stories, teachings, and rituals that present a comparative religious meaning of death and afterlife. Written in textbook style with journal exercises at the end of each chapter. +
Author : Angela Sumegi
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781118323120
A comprehensive survey of how religions understand death, dying, and the afterlife, drawing on examples from Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Shamanic perspectives. Considers shared and differing views of death across the world's major religions, including on the nature of death itself, the reasons for it, the identity of those who die, religious rituals, and on how the living should respond to death Places emphasis on the varying concepts of the 'self' or soul Uses a thematic structure to facilitate a broader comparative understanding Written in an accessible style to appeal to an undergraduate audience, it fills major gap in current textbook literature
Author : William Oscar Emil Oesterley
Publisher : Pantianos Classics
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Eschatology
ISBN : IND:30000115343448
What does the Bible say about immortality and the afterlife? In this study, we discover the origins and development of religious beliefs in life after death, and the existence of beings from realms beyond. In mounting this comprehensive and scholarly study of the Old Testament, W. O. E. Oesterley examines a variety of pertinent passages from the Biblical lore. By the time the Bible was written, demons and their ilk were already an established presence in ancient belief systems. Ancient Judaism included a variety of new demons, together with details on their habitat, behaviors and interaction with humans living on Earth. With demons synonymous with evil, angels were synonymous with good, enacting God's will that humans spend their mortality in virtue. What happens to humans after death has for millennia been an important spiritual question. The Bible contains a series of details on the traversal and immortality of the deceased's souls. In the ancient times ancestor worship was common, and these cults of the dead are acknowledged in the Old Testament. To compliment his narrative, the author also provides supplementary historical details of mourning and funerary customs, with a series of rituals said to ensure the soul's safe transit to the immortal realm.
Author : Tom Harpur
Publisher : Dundurn.com
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780887628344
What happens when we die? Will we simply dissolve into nothingness, or will we survive death in some other form? Issues of death and dying have consumed humanity from time immemorial. In our modern western culture, we have tended out of fear to deny and push death away. And yet, a healthy consideration of this issue can help us embrace and understand what happens to us when we die. There is Life After Death is Tom Harpur’s classic examination of death and dying. Now fully revised and updated, here is a new edition of a book that weighs the scientific, religious and anecdotal evidence of survival of death and what happens after we die. The likelihood of death being a portal to other forms of existence is argued persuasively. Tom Harpur looks at the witness of near-death experiences, and examines the idea of reincarnation, as well as the claims of channelers and spirit mediums. Most importantly, the author looks at how the great world religions from Christianity, Judaism and Islam to Hinduism, Buddhism and Native Spirituality among others, deal with life after death. This book is a powerful summary of what we know and believe about death. There is Life After Death is both illuminating and comforting in its message and conclusions — and goes a long way in putting to rest one of the last great taboos of our culture.
