Heaven, Hell, and the Afterlife: Eternity in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam [3 volumes]
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Christianity, Islam, and Judaism all feature ideas about heaven, hell, and afterlife, and these concepts have evolved over time within these religions. This work supplies a detailed and coherent understanding of the broad scope of spiritual thinking in the last 3,000 years within the Abrahamic traditions.
Heaven, Hell, and the Afterlife: Eternity in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam provides an all-encompassing examination of historic and contemporary perspectives on afterlife in Western religions. In these three volumes, Judaic, Christian, and Muslim scholars join forces, providing an unprecedented review of their individual faith's traditions. Every significant issue and major theme is discussed; no controversial topic is avoided. From ancient doctrines to modern-day outlooks of conservatives, progressives, and liberals in all three religions, all are analyzed and presented here.
The framework of the volumes underscores how the ethics and concepts of eternity in the Western "action" religions contrast with Eastern religions that tend to be characterized as "passive" or "withdrawal" religions in their ethics and their notions of afterlife as absorption within universal spirit, Nirvana, or nonexistence. This work is well-suited for undergraduate and graduate students, general readers interested in religion, and professional scholars, particularly those in fields corollary to religious study.
Christianity, Islam, and Judaism all feature ideas about heaven, hell, and afterlife, and these concepts have evolved over time within these religions. This work supplies a detailed and coherent understanding of the broad scope of spiritual thinking in the last 3,000 years within the Abrahamic traditions.
Provides a comprehensive treatment of the entire field of topics and issues related to heaven, hell, and afterlife from the last three millennia of Western history
Presents insights from nearly 50 esteemed scholars regarding the psychological, spiritual, and religious notions about humans in eternity
Treats each subject with sensitivity and appreciation of its significance to those who ascribe to this belief system
Series Editor's Foreword by J. Harold Ellens xi
Introduction by J. Harold Ellens xv
chapter 1 Ontological Expansion of Life and Its Implications: Islam 1
Sayyed Mohsen Fatemi
chapter 2 Al-Ghayb wa al-'Akhirah: Heaven, Hell, and Eternity in the Qur'an 9
Grant R. Shafer
chapter 3 Muslim Attitudes toward Near-Death Experiences, Death, and the Afterlife 41
Akbar Husain, Sabira Khan, Stanley Krippner, Cheryl Fracasso, Harris Friedman
chapter 4 The Underworld in Islam Compared with Jewish and Christian Traditions 53
J. Harold Ellens
chapter 5 Ideas of Apocalyptic Eschatology in Islam 57
J. Harold Ellens
chapter 6 Philosophers and the Afterlife: Maimonides, Avicenna (Ibn Sinna), and Averroes (Ibn Ro/Ushd): Perspectives on the Afterlife in Medieval Islamic and Jewish Philosophy 65
John T. Greene
chapter 7 Our Reach for Eternity, Now and Hereafter, Secular and Sacred 81
Richard K. Fenn
chapter 8 Death, Afterlife, and Ancestors in Africa 109
Glenna S. Jackson, Jean Ntahoturi, Mbengu David Nyiawung
chapter 9 Meaning and Destiny: Life and Afterlife of the Aborigines of Australia 135
Mary Wittbold
chapter 10 Historic and Contemporary American Perspectives on Aspects of Our Afterlife
149
J. Harold Ellens
chapter 11 Global Reflections on Heaven, Hell, and Afterlife in the Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, and Western Worlds (with a Note on Buddhism) 157
John T. Greene
Conclusion by J. Harold Ellens 185
Excursus: Commemoration of Alan F. Segal: A Critical Digest of His Life After Death: A History of the Afterlife in Western Religions 187
J. Harold Ellens
Author Biographies 205
Advisory Board 217
Index 219
This set provides readers with a wealth of material on various views of the afterlife. While not all readers will come to the same conclusions as the contributors, these writers have provided stimulating material that is sure to spark further discussion. Summing Up: Recommended. All undergraduate and graduate collections specializing in religion.
- Title: Heaven, Hell, and the Afterlife: Eternity in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam [3 volumes]
- Author: J. Harold Ellens
- Publisher: Praeger
- Print Publication Date: 2013
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBN: 9798216095309
- Resource ID: LLS:9798216095309
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-04-12T14:17:28Z
J. Harold Ellens, PhD, is executive director emeritus of the Christian Association for Psychological Studies, founding editor and editor-in-chief emeritus of the Journal of Psychology and Christianity, and cofounder and board member of The Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies (MCECS). He has authored, coauthored, or edited 214 books, and written more than 170 professional journal articles and more than 230 review articles.