After Lives by John Casey
A fascinating exploration of ideas of life after death ranging from ancient times to the present and from religion and philosophy to literature and science.
Students of the religious drama will find interesting background material for the Harrowing of Hell and Doomsday pageants, and useful speculation regarding medieval attitudes to the afterlife, in John Caseys entertaining whistle-stop tour of conceptions of post-mortem punishment and reward in cultures from ancient Egypt to the present* Greg Walker, Years Work in English Studies *
Casey is a well-read and sure-footed guide, with a keen analytic mind and a neat turn of phrase...I look forward to rereading much of this at leisure. * Philip Johnstone, Journal of Semitic Studies *
wide ranging and thought-provoking...One of the most striking features of the book is its willingness to grasp what is morally or spiritually positive in each of a wide range of conflicting positions. * Noel Malcolm, The Tablet *
John Casey gives a magisterial overview of the Western eschatological tradition death, judgement, heaven and hell providing sympathetic and lucid summaries of a vast range of different and at times conflicting sources that is a real pleasure to read. * David Lorimer, Network Review *
Casey is an acute historian. * James Wood, The London Review of Books *
Casey is a well-read and sure-footed guide, with a keen analytic mind and a neat turn of phrase...I look forward to rereading much of this at leisure. * Philip Johnstone, Journal of Semitic Studies *
wide ranging and thought-provoking...One of the most striking features of the book is its willingness to grasp what is morally or spiritually positive in each of a wide range of conflicting positions. * Noel Malcolm, The Tablet *
John Casey gives a magisterial overview of the Western eschatological tradition death, judgement, heaven and hell providing sympathetic and lucid summaries of a vast range of different and at times conflicting sources that is a real pleasure to read. * David Lorimer, Network Review *
Casey is an acute historian. * James Wood, The London Review of Books *
John Casey is a Fellow of Caius College, Cambridge University. He is the author of such books as Pagan Virtue, Morality and Moral Reasoning and The Language of Criticism.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195092950 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195092953 |
| Title | After Lives |
| Author | John Casey |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2010-01-07 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
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