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Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife by Miller, Lisa
by Miller, Lisa | HC | Good
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 0060554754
- Book Title
- Heaven : Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Religion, Social Science
- Topic
- General, Popular Culture, History
- Item Weight
- 18.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060554754
ISBN-13
9780060554750
eBay Product ID (ePID)
150540521
Product Key Features
Book Title
Heaven : Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
General, Popular Culture, History
Genre
Religion, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
18.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-026063
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"This fascinating, thoughtful, and challenging study tells us a great deal about what it means to be a human being." -- Karen Armstrong, New York Times bestselling author of A History of God and The Case for God "Lisa Miller has long been the fairest and most engaging journalist covering religion in America. In Heaven, she has accomplished the impossible: She has written a book about religion that fundamentalists, moderates, liberals, and nonbelievers alike can read with extreme pleasure." -- Sam Harris, New York Times bestselling author of The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation "Delightful and insightful. . . . This marvelous work is a readable and wonderfully realized study of this 'constant hope' that we share. . . . Whether we're informed by scripture or by popular culture, HEAVEN will delight and edify readers at every level." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A rare combination of journalism, memoir, and historical research by a self-professed skeptic who nonetheless believes in hope, this smart yet heartfelt book leads us into the center of one of the greatest conversations of all time. And Lisa Miller is the perfect conversation partner." -- Stephen Prothero, New York Times bestselling author of American Jesus and Religious Literacy "Readers of HEAVEN will more likely than not find their own imaginations enriched, their experiences enhanced, their taste for exploration enlarged, and their impulse to reach out in empathy and hope quickened." -- Martin E. Marty, Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago "Miller's whirlwind tour of heaven is an entertaining primer on a most complex subject." -- Booklist, A rare combination of journalism, memoir, and historical research by a self-professed skeptic who nonetheless believes in hope, this smart yet heartfelt book leads us into the center of one of the greatest conversations of all time. And Lisa Miller is the perfect conversation partner., Lisa Miller has long been the fairest and most engaging journalist covering religion in America. In Heaven, she has accomplished the impossible: She has written a book about religion that fundamentalists, moderates, liberals, and nonbelievers alike can read with extreme pleasure., This fascinating, thoughtful, and challenging study tells us a great deal about what it means to be a human being., Delightful and insightful. . . . This marvelous work is a readable and wonderfully realized study of this 'constant hope' that we share. . . . Whether we're informed by scripture or by popular culture, HEAVEN will delight and edify readers at every level., Readers of HEAVEN will more likely than not find their own imaginations enriched, their experiences enhanced, their taste for exploration enlarged, and their impulse to reach out in empathy and hope quickened.
Dewey Decimal
202/.3
Synopsis
"Wonderful…. A smart and accessible take on the ultimate question: What is Heaven? Lisa's book is a good place to begin to find an answer." - Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Lion "A rare combination of journalism, memoir, and historical research … this smart yet heartfelt book leads us into the center of one of the greatest conversations of all time. And Lisa Miller is the perfect conversation partner." - Stephen Prothero, New York Times bestselling author of American Jesus and Religious Literacy A groundbreaking history of the hereafter, Heaven by Newsweek reporter and religion editor Lisa Miller draws from both history and popular culture to reveal how past and presage visions of heaven have evolved and how they inspire us to both good and evil., "Wonderful.... A smart and accessible take on the ultimate question: What is Heaven? Lisa's book is a good place to begin to find an answer." -- Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Lion "A rare combination of journalism, memoir, and historical research ... this smart yet heartfelt book leads us into the center of one of the greatest conversations of all time. And Lisa Miller is the perfect conversation partner." -- Stephen Prothero, New York Times bestselling author of American Jesus and Religious Literacy A groundbreaking history of the hereafter, Heaven by Newsweek reporter and religion editor Lisa Miller draws from both history and popular culture to reveal how past and presage visions of heaven have evolved and how they inspire us to both good and evil.
LC Classification Number
BL540.M56 2010
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