Russell, Jeffrey Burton.
Paradise mislaid : how we lost heaven--and how we can regain it / Jeffrey Burton Russell. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - x, 210 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-193) and index.
Library Journal Booklist starred Pub Weekly
Traces the history of heaven from the sixteenth through the late twentieth century providing an overview of the philosophical, literary, social, and religious forces that have challenged the concept of heaven and its beliefs of resurrection and immortality.
Adult Follett Library Resources
9780195160062 (cloth : alk. paper) 0195160061 (cloth : alk. paper)
2005032361
Heaven--History of doctrines.
Heaven--History of doctrines.
BT846.3 / .R87 2006
236/.24/09 236/.2409
Paradise mislaid : how we lost heaven--and how we can regain it / Jeffrey Burton Russell. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - x, 210 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-193) and index.
Library Journal Booklist starred Pub Weekly
Traces the history of heaven from the sixteenth through the late twentieth century providing an overview of the philosophical, literary, social, and religious forces that have challenged the concept of heaven and its beliefs of resurrection and immortality.
Adult Follett Library Resources
9780195160062 (cloth : alk. paper) 0195160061 (cloth : alk. paper)
2005032361
Heaven--History of doctrines.
Heaven--History of doctrines.
BT846.3 / .R87 2006
236/.24/09 236/.2409