The Eclipse of Eternity
A Sociology of the Afterlife
Published on 13. March 1996
Book
Hardback
IX, 222 pages
978-0-312-15933-7 (ISBN)
Description
Many people still believe in life after death, but modern institutions operate as though this were the only world - eternity is now eclipsed from view in society and even in the church. This book carefully observes the eclipse - what caused it, how full is it, what are its consequences, will it last? How significant is recent interest in near-death experiences and reincarnation?
More details
Edition
1996 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave USA
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
IX, 222 p.
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 144 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
399 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-312-15933-7 (9780312159337)
DOI
10.1057/9780230379770
Schweitzer Classification
Person
TONY WALTER
Content
Introduction - The Afterlife: a Theological Survey - The Afterlife: Popular Beliefs Today - Secularisation and the Terror of Death - Idealist and Materialist Explanations - Medicine: the Secularisation of Hope - Funerals and Burials: the Secularisation of Ritual (1) - Cremation and Dissection: the Secularisation of Ritual (2) - Loss: the Secularisation of Meaning - Retrospect and Prospect - Pastoral Care - Heavens on Earth - Ethics without Eternity - The Reappearance of the Hereafter - The Eclipse of Eternity - Bibliography - Index