Pathways to the Afterlife

Major religious traditions of the world contain perspectives of perennial importance on the topic of death and afterlife. Such concepts and beliefs are not only reflected directly ...

This chapter examines the empirical case of property contests (both buildings and land) in contemporary China. Property attains an ‘afterlife’ when state legalism no longer monopol...

The life, death and afterlife of one of the true icons of extinction, the Great Auk The great auk was a flightless, goose-sized bird superbly adapted for life at sea. Fat, flu...

This chapter discusses the influence of medieval beliefs in the afterlife on church form and fabric, as well as the role of archaeology in articulating a more holistic approach to ...

‘The life and the afterlife’ considers the challenges for Voltaire’s biographers. It is not easy to write a satisfactory account of his life: we know too much and too little. Anoth...

What do various spiritual and ethical belief systems have to say about modern medicine’s approach to the end of life? Do all major religions characterize the afterlife in similar w...

What do various spiritual and ethical belief systems have to say about modern medicine’s approach to the end of life? Do all major religions characterize the afterlife in similar w...

What do various spiritual and ethical belief systems have to say about modern medicine’s approach to the end of life? Do all major religions characterize the afterlife in similar w...