Heaven :
McDannell, Colleen.
Heaven : a history / Colleen McDannell, Bernhard Lang. - 2nd. - New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2001. - xxv, 411 p. : ill. : 20 cm.
Including a substantial new preface on changing views of life after death in the new century, this copiously illustrated book describes the ways in which believers--from biblical authors to present-day religious thinkers--have pictured Heaven, not just in doctrine but also in poetry, art, literature, and popular culture.
1st publication as a Yale Nota Bene book.
Previous ed.: 1988.
0300091079 (paper)
2001090174
Heaven--History of doctrines.
Future life--History of doctrines.
Christendom.
BT846.2 / .M243 2001
Heaven : a history / Colleen McDannell, Bernhard Lang. - 2nd. - New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2001. - xxv, 411 p. : ill. : 20 cm.
Including a substantial new preface on changing views of life after death in the new century, this copiously illustrated book describes the ways in which believers--from biblical authors to present-day religious thinkers--have pictured Heaven, not just in doctrine but also in poetry, art, literature, and popular culture.
1st publication as a Yale Nota Bene book.
Previous ed.: 1988.
0300091079 (paper)
2001090174
Heaven--History of doctrines.
Future life--History of doctrines.
Christendom.
BT846.2 / .M243 2001