Eternal life
Subtitle: pious dream or realistic hope?
By: by John Shelby Spong.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harper One
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780060762063
Subjects: Death -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Future life -- Christianity; Eternity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Setting the stage : a necessary personal word; title: Life is accidental; title: All life is deeply linked; title: Life is mortal; title: The lure of religion; title: Life's dominant drive : survival; title: Religion's role in the fear of death; title: The faces of religion; title: The tools of religious manipulation; title: Ridding religion of both heaven and hell; title: Putting away childish things : the death of religion; title: The shift of the religious paradigm; title: Who am i? What is God?; title: The approach of the mystics; title: Resurrection : a symbol and a reality; title: Hiding, thinking, being; title: I believe in life beyond death; title: Epilogue : defining the choice to die.