Beyond the Threshold

Afterlife Beliefs and Experiences in World Religions

AvChristopher M. Moreman

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A classic introduction to afterlife beliefs and experiences, now fully revised and expanded. Christopher M. Moreman offers a clear, balanced, and comparative study of how religions and cultures understand what happens after death, while also examining reported experiences that have shaped those beliefs across time and place.This new edition features:New “Further Thought” questions and Key Terms in every chapter for classroom useUpdated scholarship throughout, including recent research on the paranormal, near-death and distressing near-death experiencesExpanded comparative coverage of beliefs, lived experience, and cross-cultural perspectivesOrganized in three parts, the book first surveys afterlife beliefs in major world traditions, including ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Chinese religions, and African traditions. It then turns to reported experiences often associated with survival after death, including mediumship, apparitions and hauntings, near-death and out-of-body experiences, and past-life memories. A final section compares beliefs and phenomena, asking how religious teachings and human experience inform one another.Accessible yet rigorous, Moreman treats controversial material with scholarly care and intellectual fairness, encouraging readers to think critically about evidence, interpretation, and the enduring human search for meaning in the face of mortality. By bringing religious doctrine into conversation with lived experience, it offers a uniquely comprehensive framework for studying one of humanity’s oldest and most universal questions.Ideal for courses in religion, death studies, philosophy, anthropology, and the sociology of religion, this updated edition remains an indispensable resource for students and instructors alike.

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Utgivningsdatum:2027-02-04
Mått:152 x 229 x 24 mm
Vikt:618 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:464
Upplaga:3
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781538195871

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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, USA. He has edited several volumes, including Teaching Death and Dying and The Routledge Companion to Death and Dying.

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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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Preface to the Third EditionAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: An Overview of Beliefs in an Afterlife from Major World Religions1 Ancient Conceptions2 Judaism3 Christianity4 Islam5 Hinduism6 Buddhism7 Chinese Religions8 African TraditionsPart II: An Overview of the Research into Experiences of an Afterlife9 Mediumship10 Apparitions and Hauntings11 Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences12 Past-Life MemoriesPart III: Beliefs and Experiences: An Attempt at a Synthesis13 Comparison of Beliefs14 Comparison of Phenomena15 Speculations on Mysticism and the AfterlifeNotesBibliographyIndexAbout the Author