Tales of Lights and Shadows —— Mythology of the Afterlife

----- 光与影的故事：来世神话

ISBN: 9781441143976 出版年：2010 页码：173 Robert Ellwood Bloomsbury Publishing

Introduction 1. In That Good Night, What Dreams May Come?: Taking Afterlife Seriously vs. Virtual Disbelief or Unconcern 2. The Hunger and the Happy Fields of the Dead: Gloomy views of the Afterlife vs. Bright, Happy Pictures 3. The Several Homelands of the Heart: Abodes of the Soul 4. Grottoes of Earth and Heaven: Immortality Here and There 5. Circling Paths, Endless Journey: Reincarnation on this Earth vs. Eternal Life in a Heavenly Realm 6. God or Garden of Delights?: Is Heaven Theocentric or Anthropocentric? 7. Progress or Perfection?: Does One Grow Spiritually in Heaven? 8. Ghostly Fear and Love: The Dread of Ancestral Spirits vs. Respect and Honor 9. On the Long March: Community and Religious Solidarity vs. Individual Reward and Punishment 10. Amazing Grace: The Difficult vs. the Easy Path 11. The End of Days: Linear and Cyclical Time 12. Havens for Heroes: Ordinary vs. Extraordinary Destinies after Death 13. The One and the Many: Individual Afterlife Destinies vs. Union with God 14. Conclusion: Afterlife and Culture Bibliography Index.