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Book

Eternal life : a new vision : beyond religion, beyond theism, beyond heaven and hell

Call Number

  • 236.2 S763 (CEN)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

New York : Harper One, c2009.

Physical Description

xx, 268 p. ; 22 cm.

Summary

A controversial bishop continues to challenge traditional Christian theology with his thoughts on one of the most profound issues of all: God and life after death.

Contents

  • Setting the stage : a necessary personal word
  • Life is accidental
  • All life is deeply linked
  • Dancing with death : the discovery of mortality
  • 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.

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