Heaven and Hell in Enlightenment England

Klappentext This book examines life after death and changing concepts of heaven and hell in English thought from 1650 to 1750. Zusammenfassung This book examines life after death and changing concepts of heaven and hell in English thought from 1650 to 1750. It explores seventeenth- and eighteenth-century images of the journey of body and soul. It discloses a society in which frail and fleeting human life was lived out in the expectation of salvation or damnation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The journey of the soul; 2. From the hour of death to the day of judgement; 3. The contours of heaven and hell; 4. The last day; 5. Eternal torments; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Philip C. Almond, Almond Philip C.
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.02.2009
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Christentum
• EAN: 9780521101257
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10125-7
• Anzahl Seiten: 252
• Themen: RELIGION / General; Religion: general; Theology; Christianity; History of Religion