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Chasing Immortality in World Religions

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

Chasing Immortality in World Religions

By Deborah M. Coulter-Harris

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About the book

Humans have been chasing immortality since the beginning of history, seeking answers to sickness and aging, death and the afterlife, and questioning the human condition. Analyzing ideas from ancient Sumer, Egypt, Greece and India, as well as the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, this study explores how early religious models influenced later beliefs about immortality, the afterlife, the human soul, resurrection, and reward and punishment. The author highlights shared teachi...Show more

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9780786497928

Publisher

McFarland & Co Inc

Published year

2016

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1

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Chasing Immortality in World Religions

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Paperback

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