Paradise mislaid : how we lost heaven--and how we can regain it / Jeffrey Burton Russell.
By: Russell, Jeffrey Burton.
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BookPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: x, 210 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780195160062 (cloth : alk. paper); 0195160061 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Heaven -- History of doctrines | Heaven -- History of doctrinesDDC classification: 236/.24/09 | 236/.2409 Summary: 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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-193) and index.
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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.
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