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Beyond the threshold : afterlife beliefs and experiences in world religions / Christopher M. Moreman.

By: Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]Edition: Second editionDescription: xii, 337 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781442274945 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781442274952 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Beyond the thresholdDDC classification:
  • 202/.3 23
LOC classification:
  • BL535 .M68 2018
Contents:
An overview of beliefs in an afterlife from major world religions -- Ancient conceptions -- Judaism -- Christianity -- Islam -- Hinduism -- Buddhism -- Chinese religions -- African religions -- An overview of the research into experiences of an afterlife -- Mediumship -- Apparitions and hauntings -- Near-death and out-of-body experiences -- Past-life memories -- Beliefs and experiences: an attempt at a synthesis -- Comparison of beliefs -- Comparison of phenomena -- Speculations on mysticism and the afterlife.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-326) and index.

An overview of beliefs in an afterlife from major world religions -- Ancient conceptions -- Judaism -- Christianity -- Islam -- Hinduism -- Buddhism -- Chinese religions -- African religions -- An overview of the research into experiences of an afterlife -- Mediumship -- Apparitions and hauntings -- Near-death and out-of-body experiences -- Past-life memories -- Beliefs and experiences: an attempt at a synthesis -- Comparison of beliefs -- Comparison of phenomena -- Speculations on mysticism and the afterlife.

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