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A smart and thought-provoking cultural history of heaven.
What do we think of when we think about heaven? What might it look like? Who or what might be there?
Since humans began to huddle together for protection thousands of years ago, these questions have been part of how civilizations and cultures define heaven, the good place beyond this one. From Christianity to Islam to Hinduism and beyond, from the brush of Michelangelo to the pen of Dante, people across millennia have tried to explain and describe heaven in ways that are distinctive and analogous, unique and universal.
In this engrossing cultural history of heaven, Catherine Wolff delves into how people and cultures have defined heaven over the centuries. She describes how different faiths and religions have framed it, how the sense of heaven has evolved, and how nonreligious influences have affected it, from the Enlightenment to the increasingly nonreligious views of heaven today. Wolff looks deep into the accounts of heaven to discover what’s common among them and what makes each conception distinct and memorable. The result is Beyond, an engaging, thoughtful exploration of an idea that is central to our humanity and our desire to define an existence beyond death.
* This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF that contains recommendations for further reading – books the author returned to again and again in her extensive research.
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Beyond Audiobook Narrator
Maggi-Meg Reed is the narrator of Beyond audiobook that was written by Catherine Wolff
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Catherine Wolff is the author of Beyond
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Beyond Full Details
Narrator | Maggi-Meg Reed |
Length | 11 hours 42 minutes |
Author | Catherine Wolff |
Category | |
Publisher | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group |
Release date | April 27, 2024 |
ISBN | 9780593413487 |
Subjects
The publisher of the Beyond is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: christian books, grief books, history, historical books, death, innovation, metaphysics, world history, catholic gifts, afterlife, history of christianity, jewish history, jewish, belief, faith, hinduism, buddhism, islamic books, happiness, philosophy, theology, religion, christianity, christian, spirituality, spiritual books, christian gifts for women, christian gifts, religious books, religious gifts, beyond, humankind, islam, healing, gifts for history buffs, civilization, karma, parapsychology, history books, heaven, life, aura, Religion, History, History, Civilization, Body, Mind & Spirit, Afterlife & Reincarnation The BISAC Subject Code is History, Religion
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The publisher of the Beyond is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Penguin Audio. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9780593413487.
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This book is only available in the United States.
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