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.
After Lives is an elegant and informative literary pilgrimage through heaven, hell, and purgatory -- a rare achievement in humane erudition, graced by sympathy, curiosity, and candor* Carol Zaleski, author of Otherworld Journeys, The Life of the World to Come, The Book of Heaven, and Prayer: A History *
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 *
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 *
John Casey is a Fellow of Caius College, Cambridge University. He is the author of Pagan Virtue, Morality and Moral Reasoning and The Language of Criticism.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199975037 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199975035 |
| Title | After Lives |
| Author | John Casey |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2013-03-07 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
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