Eternal life : a new vision, beyond religion, beyond theism, beyond heaven and hell
Spong, John Shelby2009
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Main title:
Eternal life : a new vision, beyond religion, beyond theism, beyond heaven and hell / John Shelby Spong.
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Imprint:
Sydney : Harper Collins, c2009.
Collation:
xviii, 233 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-219) and index.
Contents:
Setting the stage : a necessary personal word -- Life is accidental -- All life is deeply linked -- Life is mortal -- The lure of religion -- Life's dominant drive : survival -- Religion's role in the fear of death -- The faces of religion -- The tools of religious manipulation -- Ridding religion of both heaven and hell -- Putting away childish things : the death of religion -- The shift of the religious paradigm -- Who am i? What is God? -- The approach of the mystics -- Resurrection : a symbol and a reality -- Hiding, thinking, being -- I believe in life beyond death -- Epilogue : defining the choice to die.
ISBN:
9780732290627 (pbk)
Dewey class:
236.2133.9013
Language:
English
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BRN:
18172