After lives : a guide to heaven, hell, and purgatory - Casey, John (John Peter Anthony), 1939- (Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009)
Dark futures. After lives -- Egypt -- Mesopotamia and Israel -- Greece and Rome -- The Christian beginnings -- Dante : Inferno -- Predestination : Augustine to Calvin and beyond -- The decline of hell -- Purgatory. Rome's happiest inspiration? -- Heaven. Heaven : Egypt, Mesopotamia, Israel -- Bodies fleshly and spiritual -- Dante : Paradiso -- Celestial pleasures : Renaissance and Reformation heavens -- Heavenly speculations -- Heaven seen and heard : Swedenborg -- With easy intercourse pass to and fro -- Scoring in heaven.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Future life -- History of doctrines