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The Afterlife in Popular Culture: Heaven, Hell, and the Underworld in the American Imagination
By O'Neill, Kevin
- ISBN
- 9781440868580
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
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Reviewed on September 1, 2022 | Reference
O'Neill (philosophy, Univ. of Redlands) provides an encyclopedic study of the predominant versions of the afterlife as presented in more than 100 examples from contemporary pop culture, including films, novels, nonfiction books, theatre, music, and even celebrity mediums. First is a review of the origins of the immortal soul and the rise in the belief of bodily resurrection; then comes a humorless overview of depictions of t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
