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Meeting in Heaven
Modernising the Christian Afterlife, 1600¿-2000
Buch von Bernhard Lang
Sprache: Englisch

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Beschreibung
In heaven, we will meet our friends: this was one of the most conspicuous expectations Christians had, and continue to have, of life after death. While the theme as such is almost as old as Christianity, it came to flourish only in early-modern times, peaking in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This book explores how the rediscovery and development of the ¿meeting again¿ theme by authors such as John Bunyan and Emanuel Swedenborg and by the artist William Blake created a specifically modern heaven. Giving priority to an eternity of continuing earthly passions and family ties, the modern notion of heaven contrasts with earlier, God-centred notions of an eternal saintly solitude spent contemplating God in ¿beatific vision¿.
In heaven, we will meet our friends: this was one of the most conspicuous expectations Christians had, and continue to have, of life after death. While the theme as such is almost as old as Christianity, it came to flourish only in early-modern times, peaking in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This book explores how the rediscovery and development of the ¿meeting again¿ theme by authors such as John Bunyan and Emanuel Swedenborg and by the artist William Blake created a specifically modern heaven. Giving priority to an eternity of continuing earthly passions and family ties, the modern notion of heaven contrasts with earlier, God-centred notions of an eternal saintly solitude spent contemplating God in ¿beatific vision¿.
Über den Autor
Bernhard Lang, born in 1946, taught religious studies at the Universities of Tübingen, Mainz, and Paderborn (Germany) from 1978 to 2011 as well as at the Sorbonne in Paris and at the University of St Andrews (Scotland). He published a variety of books and was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Theology by the University of Aarhus (Denmark) in 2008.
Zusammenfassung
Exklusives Verkaufsrecht für: Gesamte Welt.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents: From stasis to movement, from loneliness to love:
Heaven: A History
(1988) in retrospect - The modernisation of heaven in early modern Europe, 1644-1791 - The English heaven: an exploration of
The Pilgrim's Progress
(1678/84) - The Spanish heaven: opposition to modernity - A Swedish heaven: Swedenborg on
Heaven and Hell
(1758) - American heavens: an exploration of American cemeteries, 1740-1850.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Genre: Religion & Theologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9783631620007
ISBN-10: 3631620004
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 262000
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Lang, Bernhard
Hersteller: Peter Lang
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Maße: 216 x 153 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Bernhard Lang
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.08.2011
Gewicht: 0,335 kg
Artikel-ID: 104007118
Über den Autor
Bernhard Lang, born in 1946, taught religious studies at the Universities of Tübingen, Mainz, and Paderborn (Germany) from 1978 to 2011 as well as at the Sorbonne in Paris and at the University of St Andrews (Scotland). He published a variety of books and was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Theology by the University of Aarhus (Denmark) in 2008.
Zusammenfassung
Exklusives Verkaufsrecht für: Gesamte Welt.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents: From stasis to movement, from loneliness to love:
Heaven: A History
(1988) in retrospect - The modernisation of heaven in early modern Europe, 1644-1791 - The English heaven: an exploration of
The Pilgrim's Progress
(1678/84) - The Spanish heaven: opposition to modernity - A Swedish heaven: Swedenborg on
Heaven and Hell
(1758) - American heavens: an exploration of American cemeteries, 1740-1850.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Genre: Religion & Theologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9783631620007
ISBN-10: 3631620004
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 262000
Ausstattung / Beilage: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Lang, Bernhard
Hersteller: Peter Lang
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Maße: 216 x 153 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Bernhard Lang
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.08.2011
Gewicht: 0,335 kg
Artikel-ID: 104007118
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