Heaven : a history / Colleen McDannell, Bernhard Lang.
Material type: TextPublication details: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2001.Edition: 2ndDescription: xxv, 411 p. : ill. : 20 cmISBN:- 0300091079 (paper)
- BT846.2 .M243 2001
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Judith Thomas Library General Stacks | BKS | BT 846.2 .M243 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | AUA011847 | Available | AUA011847 |
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.