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The quest for paradise
visions of heaven and eternity in the world's myths and religions
By Ashton, John & Whyte, Tom
- ISBN
- 978-0-06251-735-7
- Publisher
- [San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, 2001.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2002
Adult/High School A great introduction to comparative religion. The authors discuss the ways in which major religions and myth structures developed their concepts of eternity and the afterlife. In addition to careful attention to the Eden story as expressed in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, Ashton and Whyte trace the development of a pleasant and attainable afterlife in the religions of the Celts, Egyptians, and Aztecs, among others, and complete the tour with words on the Rastafarian paradise and...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
