Tales of lights and shadows : mythology of the afterlife /
This work offers a fresh approach to the traditional mythology and literature of the afterlife, centering on tensions and polarities in the afterlife concepts: bright vs. dismal, heaven vs. reincarnation, theocentric vs. anthropocentric heaven, etc. Presenting examples from virtually all the world&#...
| Основен автор: | Ellwood, Robert S., 1933- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London ; New York :
Continuum,
℗♭2010.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=341741 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Tales of lights and shadows. |
| Резюме: |
This work offers a fresh approach to the traditional mythology and literature of the afterlife, centering on tensions and polarities in the afterlife concepts: bright vs. dismal, heaven vs. reincarnation, theocentric vs. anthropocentric heaven, etc. Presenting examples from virtually all the world's religious cultures past and present, this book puts the concepts clearly in the context of the worldview and social issues of that society. The author depicts the many rich mythologies of the afterlife from the ancient Mesopotamians, Japanese, Greeks of the Homeric era, to Christian views of heaven or the Buddhist western paradise. He explores views of the concept of reincarnation as well as the arduous preparation for the afterlife that must be taken in some traditions. He concludes by looking at the way varying views of the afterlife influence religious and even secular culture, and how in turn culture can influence the popular heavens and hells of the time and place. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (vi, 166 pages) |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781441186034 1441186034 1441143971 9781441143976 1441170030 9781441170033 1282822071 9781282822078 |