The Palgrave handbook of the afterlife. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Handbook of the afterlife
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Yujin Nagasawa, Benjamin Matheson.
• Editors: Nagasawa, Yujin; Matheson, Benjamin
• Contents: 1.Introduction; Benjamin Matheson.- Part I. The History of the Afterlife.- 2. The afterlife in early civilizations; Gregory Shushan.- 3. Classical Mediterranean Conceptions of the Afterlife; Stephen R. L. Clark.- Part II. The Afterlife in World Religions.- 4. Hinduism; Ankur Barua.- 5. Buddhism; Peter Harvey.- 6. Judaism; Tyron Goldschmidt and Aaron Segal.- 7. Christianity; Joshua Farris.- 8. Islam; Amir Dastmalchian.- Part III. Models of the Afterlife.- 9. Heaven; Luke Henderson.- 10. Divine Love and Hell; Andrei Buckareff and Allen Plug.- 11. Purgatory; David Hershenov and Rose Hershenov.- 12. Rebirth; Mikel Burley.- 13. Digital Afterlives; Eric Steinhart.- Part IV. The Metaphysics of the Afterlife.- 14. Substance Dualism; Uwe Meixner.- 15. Emergent Dualism; William Hasker.- 16. Resurrecting Material Persons; Lynne Rudder Baker.- Part V. The Meaning of the Afterlife.- 17. The Fear of Death; John Bishop.- 18. Meaning in Life; Thaddeus Metz.- 19. The Problem of Evil; Stephen T. Davis. 20. Practical Identity; Benjamin Matheson.- Part VI. The Science of the Afterlife.- 21. Do Near Death Experiences Provide Evidence of an Afterlife?; Mark Fox.- 22. How Psychological Dispositions Influence the Theology of the Afterlife; Helen de Cruz and Johan de Smedt.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 202.3; Future life
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137486097
• Related ISBNs: 9781137486080
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