Chasing Immortality in World Religions
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780786497928
Subjects: Immortality
Description: "Analyzing ideas from ancient Sumer, Egypt, Greece and India, as well as the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, this study explores how early religious models influenced later beliefs about immortality, the afterlife, the human soul, resurrection, and reward and punishment. The author highlights shared teachings among the most influential religions and philosophies"--