Heaven Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife Lisa Miller HarperCollins 2010 Hardback
Drawing on history and popular culture, biblical research and everyday beliefs, this book offers a new understanding of one of the most cherished ideaDrawing on history and popular culture, biblical research and everyday beliefs, this book offers a new understanding of one of the most cherished ideals of spiritual life. Lisa Miller discusses our visions of the afterlife and how those beliefs have influenced our societies and lifestyles; she explores the root of beliefs in heaven and how these have evolved throughout the ages to offer comfort and hope, and how they have been manipulated - both as inspiration for goodness and justification for mass murder. Felt-tip mark on upper trimmed edge. American cut pages. ...more
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Unholy Business A True Tale of Faith, Greed and Forgery in the Holy Land Nina Burleigh Collins 2008 Hardback
For millennia, the faithful have sought tangible relics of the Bible story - and the unscrupulous have been willing to provide them. This real-life thFor millennia, the faithful have sought tangible relics of the Bible story - and the unscrupulous have been willing to provide them. This real-life thriller focuses on the 2002 'discovery' of the St James Ossuary, the first material evidence of the life of Jesus, and its subsequent exposure as a fake. With a colourful cast of collectors, clerics, detectives and con-men, it ranges from Jerusalem's Old City to New York's Fifth Avenue to expose the murky, dangerous world of religious forgery. Felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge. ...more
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Banner in the West A Spiritual History of Lewis and Harris John MacLeod Birlinn 2010 Paperback
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