Death, Ecstasy, and Other Worldly Journeys
Collins, John J. / Fishbane, Michael![Death, Ecstasy, and Other Worldly Journeys](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/289/28956178/CHSBZCOP0328956178.jpg)
Belief in a spirit world, and a blissful or agonizing afterlife, is one of the most pervasive and deeply-rooted characteristics of religion. This volume offers a wide-ranging exploration of this basic religious theme. Most of the case studies are drawn from Jewish and Christian tradition, providing in-depth coverage of Judaism and Christianity from late Antiquity through the Medieval period. There are also examples from Islamic, Japanese, and ...