Tales of lights and shadows : mythology of the afterlife / Robert Ellwood.

• In that good night, what dreams may come? : myth, meaning, and afterlife -- Hungry and happy fields of the dead : gloomy vs. bright views of the afterlife -- The several homelands of the heart : abodes of the soul -- Circling paths, endless journey : reincarnation vs. eternal life in heaven or hell -- God or garden of delights? : is heaven theocentric or anthropocentric? -- Ghostly fear and love : the dread of ancestral spirits vs. respect and honor -- On the long march : community and religious solidarity vs. individual reward and punishment -- Amazing grace : difficult vs. the easy path -- The end of days : linear and cyclical time -- Common and uncommon faith : the afterlife in folk religion and the great tradition -- Retrospect : afterlife and culture.

Ämnesord

Livet efter detta  (sao)

Future life.  (LCSH)

Mythology.  (LCSH)

Godsdiensten  (gtt)

Mythen  (gtt)

Hiernamaals  (gtt)

Mytologi  (sao)

Immortality  (LCSH)

Future life  (LCSH)

Mythology  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

BL535 (LCC)

202.3 (DDC)

Cm.02 (kssb/8 (machine generated))