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Newsweek editor Lisa Miller presents a compelling study of the afterlife in Heaven.
Harper
April 2010
On Sale: March 23, 2010
368 pages
ISBN: 0060554754
EAN: 9780060554750
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
A groundbreaking and accessible history of heaven—from the
earliest biblical conceptions of the afterlife to the
theologians who frame our understandings to the convictions
and perceptions of everyday people Drawing on
history and popular culture, biblical research and everyday
beliefs, Heaven offers a new understanding of one of
the most cherished—and shared—ideals of spiritual life. Lisa
Miller raises debates and discussions not just about our
visions of the afterlife, but about how our beliefs have
influenced the societies we have built and the lifestyles to
which we have subscribed, exploring the roots of our beliefs
in heaven and how these have evolved throughout the ages to
offer comfort and hope. She also reveals how the
notion of heaven has been used for manipulation—to
promulgate goodness and evil—as inspiration for selfless
behavior, and as justification for mass murder. As
Miller demonstrates in this absorbing and enlightening book,
the desire for a celestial afterlife is universal—shared by
the faithful around the world and across religions. It is as
old as the Bible itself. While there are many notions of
what exactly heaven is and how we get there, Jews,
Christians, and Muslims all agree that heaven is God's home.
From the Revelation to the Left Behind series, Augustine to
Osama bin Laden, Muslims in the West Bank to American
Mormons baptizing their dead, Heaven is a penetrating
look at one of our most cherished religious ideals.
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