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Paradise Mislaid: How We Lost Heaven - and How We Can Regain It
Jeffrey Burton Russell
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Description for Paradise Mislaid: How We Lost Heaven - and How We Can Regain It
hardcover. Explores the many and complex reasons for the gradual erosion of the idea of heaven in the modern era. This work sheds light not only on the history of Christian thought, but on the process of secularization in the West. It also shows us the grubby soul of our materialistic and uncritically scientific society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 475. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
The Christian concept of heaven flourished for almost two millennia, but it has lost much of its power in the last hundred years. Indeed today even theologians tend to avoid the topic. But heaven has always been a central tenet of the Christian faith, writes Jeffrey Burton Russell. If there is no heaven, no resurrection of the dead, the entire Christian story makes no sense. In this stimulating book, Russell sets out to rehabilitate heaven by forcefully attacking a series of ideas that have made belief in heaven, not to mention belief in God, increasingly difficult for modern ... Read more
The Christian concept of heaven flourished for almost two millennia, but it has lost much of its power in the last hundred years. Indeed today even theologians tend to avoid the topic. But heaven has always been a central tenet of the Christian faith, writes Jeffrey Burton Russell. If there is no heaven, no resurrection of the dead, the entire Christian story makes no sense. In this stimulating book, Russell sets out to rehabilitate heaven by forcefully attacking a series of ideas that have made belief in heaven, not to mention belief in God, increasingly difficult for modern ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195160062
SKU
KSG0033766
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About Jeffrey Burton Russell
Jeffrey Burton Russell is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is well known for a series of books on the history of Satan and evil, as well as A History of Heaven--a book that was favorably reviewed in media as diverse as Time Magazine, The New York Times, The Times Literary Supplement, and Christianity ... Read more
Reviews for Paradise Mislaid: How We Lost Heaven - and How We Can Regain It
As one would expect from a scholar with impeccable credentials in history and religious studies, Russell's analysis encompasses the key thinkers of each period in stylish and attractive narrative, summarizing what he sees as the signigicant views of each...Russell's writing stlye is clear and attractive.
Debbie Herring, Theology
Debbie Herring, Theology