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"In modern Western culture, there is both a universal interest in and immense confusion about traditional and contemporary concepts of afterlife. New Age ideologies have combined with a general shift from dogmatic creedal religions to result in organizations that emphasize being spiritual rather than strictly religious. The result has been greater misconceptions and mutual ignorance among the different religious traditions. Christianity, Islam, and Judaism all feature ideas about heaven, hell, and afterlife, and these concepts have evolved over time within these religions. This work supplies a detailed and coherent understanding of the broad scope of spiritual thinking in the last 3,000 years within the Abrahamic traditions. Heaven, Hell, and the Afterlife: Eternity in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam provides an all-encompassing examination of historic and contemporary perspectives on afterlife in Western religions. In these three volumes, Judaic, Christian, and Muslim scholars join forces, providing an unprecedented review of their individual faith's traditions. Every significant issue and major theme is discussed; no controversial topic is avoided. From ancient doctrines to modern-day outlooks of conservatives, progressives, and liberals in all three religions, all are analyzed and presented here. The framework of the volumes underscores how the ethics and concepts of eternity in the Western "action" religions contrast with Eastern religions that tend to be characterized as "passive" or "withdrawal" religions in their ethics and their notions of afterlife as absorption within universal spirit, Nirvana, or nonexistence. This work is well-suited for undergraduate and graduate students, general readers interested in religion, and professional scholars, particularly those in fields corollary to religious study."--
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Eternity, Future life, Christentum, Ewiges Leben, Judentum, Religion, Jenseits, Jenseitsglaube, IslamShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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Heaven Hell And The Afterlife Eternity In Judaism Christianity And Islam
2013, Praeger
1440801835 9781440801839
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