From Library Journal
Historian Russell (Inventing the Flat Earth, Praeger, 1991) offers ever deepening insights into the human notion of heaven from its inception around 200 B.C. until Dante's Divine Comedy in 1321 C.E. He takes on such topics as metaphorical ontology and physical cosmology, visions of paradise and images of angels, apocalypticism and gnosticism, resurrection and the immortality of the soul, predestination and free will, and love and justice. Although his book culminates in the medieval conceptions of heaven, its interest in these matters remains in many ways present-day. His work holds plenty of historical information on heaven drawn from early and medieval Christianity, yet its style is clear and readable. It will be of interest to readers of popular religion, informed lay readers, and historians of religion. Highly recommended for all general-interest and theological research libraries.?Robert H. O'Connell, Colorado Christian Univ., Denver
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Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
Alfred Corn, The New York Times Book Review
"This book exemplifies the new genre of devotional scholarship.... [Russell's conclusion] orchestrates the book's dissonant themes into a series of unresolved antinomies, worthy of assent because they clash."
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