Beyond the Threshold - Afterlife Beliefs and Experiences in World Religions

Beyond the Threshold explores afterlife beliefs and practices in world religions, including discussions of afterlife and metaphysical experiences. The second edition features a new chapter on African spiritual perspectives, as well as updated research on paranormal phenomena, updated statistics and research, and more.

List of contents

Part One: An Overview of Beliefs in an Afterlife from Major World Religions
Chapter 1: Ancient Conceptions
Chapter 2: Judaism
Chapter 3: Christianity
Chapter 4: Islam
Chapter 5: Hinduism
Chapter 6: Buddhism
Chapter 7: Chinese Religions
Chapter 8: African Religions
Part Two: An Overview of the Research into Experiences of an Afterlife
Chapter 9: Mediumship
Chapter 10: Apparitions and Hauntings
Chapter 11: Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences
Chapter 12: Past-Life Memories
Part Three: Beliefs and Experiences: An Attempt at a Synthesis
Chapter 13: Comparison of Beliefs
Chapter 14: Comparison of Phenomena
Epilogue: Speculations on Mysticism and the Afterlife

About the author

By Christopher M. Moreman

Summary

Beyond the Threshold explores afterlife beliefs and practices in world religions, including discussions of afterlife and metaphysical experiences. The second edition features a new chapter on African spiritual perspectives, as well as updated research on paranormal phenomena, updated statistics and research, and more.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher M Moreman, Christopher M. Moreman
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.09.2017
• EAN: 9781442274945
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-7494-5
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / History, comparative religion, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, History of Religion, death and dying;metaphysical;near-death experiences