Beyond the Threshold

Afterlife Beliefs and Experiences in World Religions

AvChristopher M. Moreman

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Beyond the Threshold introduces readers to afterlife beliefs and experiences in world religions. The second edition has been revised and updated throughout, including a new chapter on afterlife beliefs and practices in selected African traditions, new research on the afterlife and near-death experiences, the addition of key words and definitions to each chapter, and more.Christopher M. Moreman offers an introduction to afterlife beliefs in ancient cultures, which are essential to understanding the roots of many modern ideas about death. He examines the folklore and doctrines of major world religions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Chinese religions, and several African traditions. He also discusses psychic phenomena across traditions, such as mediums, near-death and out-of-body experiences, and past-life memories.While ultimately the afterlife remains unknowable, the second edition of this unique, in-depth exploration of both beliefs and experiences can help readers reach their own understanding of the afterlife and how to live.

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Utgivningsdatum:2017-09-20
Mått:160 x 235 x 27 mm
Vikt:635 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:350
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781442274945

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Christopher M. Moreman is professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at California State University, East Bay. He has edited several volumes, including Oxford’s Teaching Death and Dying and The Routledge Companion to Death and Dying, among other publications.

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Moreman (philosophy and religious studies, California State Univ., East Bay), editor of Routledge Companion to Death and Dying (2018), provides an accessible overview of different spiritual traditions' beliefs about the state of the human body and soul after death. The book covers the major world religions—Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism—but Moreman expands this second edition (the first edition appeared in 2008) to include African traditions. In addition, he includes the beliefs and practices of individuals such as mediums and those who have had near-death experiences, looking at how they have shaped cultural views of the afterlife. What is most helpful about this book is that it presents these traditions in a fair, informative, and balanced way without getting lost in more technical debates or theological questions that might be of more concern to specialists. Moreman's inclusiveness makes the book relevant for those interested in cultural studies as well as those studying religion and dying. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates; general readers; professionals.

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Part One: An Overview of Beliefs in an Afterlife from Major World ReligionsChapter 1: Ancient ConceptionsChapter 2: JudaismChapter 3: ChristianityChapter 4: IslamChapter 5: HinduismChapter 6: BuddhismChapter 7: Chinese ReligionsChapter 8: African ReligionsPart Two: An Overview of the Research into Experiences of an AfterlifeChapter 9: MediumshipChapter 10: Apparitions and HauntingsChapter 11: Near-Death and Out-of-Body ExperiencesChapter 12: Past-Life MemoriesPart Three: Beliefs and Experiences: An Attempt at a SynthesisChapter 13: Comparison of BeliefsChapter 14: Comparison of PhenomenaEpilogue: Speculations on Mysticism and the Afterlife