Heaven
Subtitle: a history
By: Colleen McDannell and Bernhard Lang.
Contributors: Lang, Bernhard.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Yale Nota Bene; Yale University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New Haven; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
Subjects: Heaven -- History of doctrines
Description: "What do Christians believe they will experience after a virtuous life? What will an eternity in the hereafter be like? In this copiously illustrated, lively book, Colleen McDannell and Bernhard Lang describe and interpret the ways in which believers - from biblical authors to medieval mystics, from Jesus to present-day religious thinkers have pictured Heaven, not just in doctrine but also in poetry, art, literature, and popular culture.

In so doing, they shed new light on both the private and public dimensions of western culture. This second edition includes a substantial new preface relating the book to changing views of life after death in the new century."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Previous ed.: New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 1988.