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The Rise and Fall of the Afterlife

Book Description
Belief in the afterlife is still very much alive in Western civilisation, even though the truth of its existence is no longer universally accepted. Surprisingly, however, heaven, hell and the immortal soul were all ideas which arrived relatively late in the ancient world. Originally Greece and Israel - the cultures that gave us Christianity - had only the vaguest ideas of an afterlife. So where di... More
Book Information
PublisherRoutledge Books
BindingHardcover (3 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages208
ISBN-100415141478
ISBN-13978-0415141475
Publication Date11/09/2001
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About JAN N. BREMMER (Author) : JAN N. BREMMER is a published author. Published credits of JAN N. BREMMER include The Rise and Fall of the Afterlife and The Rise and Fall of the Afterlife: The 1995 Read-Tuckwell Lectures at the Univ... more
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