Hell and its Afterlife
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 15 November 2016
- ISBN 9781138265929
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages284 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 453 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
The notion of an infernal place of punishment for 'undesired' elements in human culture and human nature has a long history both as religious idea and as cultural metaphor. This book brings together a wide array of scholars who examine Hell as an idea within the Christian tradition and its 'afterlife' in historical and contemporary imagination. Leading scholars grapple with the construction and meaning of hell in the past and investigate its modern utility as a means to describe what is perceived as horrific or undesirable in modern culture.
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The notion of an infernal place of punishment for 'undesired' elements in human culture and human nature has a long history both as religious idea and as cultural metaphor. This book brings together a wide array of scholars who examine hell as an idea within the Christian tradition and its 'afterlife' in historical and contemporary imagination. Leading scholars grapple with the construction and meaning of hell in the past and investigate its modern utility as a means to describe what is perceived as horrific or undesirable in modern culture. While the idea of an infernal region of punishment was largely developed in the context of early Jewish and Christian religious culture, it remains a central belief for some Christians in the modern world. Hell's reception (its 'afterlife') in the modern world has extended hell's meaning beyond the religious realm; hell has become a pervasive image and metaphor in political rhetoric, in popular culture, and in the media. Bringing together scholars from a variety of fields to contribute to a wider understanding of this fascinating and important cultural idea, this book will appeal to readers from historical, religious, literary and cultural perspectives.
'A wide-ranging collection of essays on hell and the devil that encompasses religious disputes, literary influences, and cultural phenomena from ancient times through to the present. Taken as a whole, these essays demonstrate conclusively that hell has never been a singular or a simple place, but always a conflicted and polysemous discourse whether in a sacred or a secular context.' David Pike, American University, USA 'This is the best collection I’ve seen of diverse scholarly essays on hell and its history. The authors are eminent, the writing is elegant, the range of periods and places covered is both broad and disciplined. The varied perspectives cohere marvelously and substantially deepen our understanding of hell as a perennial concern and focus for human reflection on justice and mercy, suffering and healing, exclusion and belonging, death and enduring values'. Carol Zaleski, Smith College, USA '... [a] substantial and scholarly volume...' Church Times 'The overall collection’s usefulness to ongoing theological debates surrounding the development of ancient percetions of hell is clear in each of the chapters included. In addition, the political and societal implications discussed herein are valuable for further study. While the entire collection would be of interest to a scholar studying the general theme, the individual chapters would be of particular interest to researchers seeking a closer examination of specific topics, as each chapter provides well-written footnotes highlighting experts and allows for easy access to each additional research.' Relegere: Studies in Religion and Reception
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Holding Ajar the Gates of Hell, Isabel Moreira, Margaret Toscano; Part I The Tradition of Hell in the Old World; Chapter 1 Love is Hell: Torment, Sex, and Redemption in the Cupid and Psyche Myth, Margaret Toscano; Chapter 2 Early Visions of Hell as a Place of Education and Conversion, Jeffrey A. Trumbower; Chapter 3 Plucking Sinners Out of Hell: Saint Martin of Tours Resurrection Miracle, Isabel Moreira; Chapter 4 Named Others and Named Places: Stigmatization in the Early Medieval Afterlife, Alan E. Bernstein; Chapter 5 A Franciscan Kind of Hell, Megan C. Armstrong; Chapter 6 1The editors would like to thank The Journal of Ecclesiastical History for permission to publish this chapter which was extended for the journal under the title “The Reformation of Hell? Protestant and Catholic Infernalisms in England, c.1560–1640,” The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Volume 61, Issue 02, April 2010, pp. 279–98 by Peter Marshall., Peter Marshall; Part II The Reception of Hell in Modern Times and Contemporary Dialogue; Chapter 7 Devils Conquering and Conquered: Changing Visions of Hell in Spanish America, Fernando Cervantes; Chapter 8 Hell with Purgatory and Two Limbos: The Geography and Theology of the Underworld, Henry Ansgar Kelly; Chapter 9 Hell Yes! Hell No! Evangelical Debates on Eternal Punishment, John Sanders; Chapter 10 Turning the Devils Out of Doors: Mormonism and the Concept of Hell, Brian D. Birch; Chapter 11 James Joyce and the (Modernist) Hellmouth, Vincent J. Cheng; Chapter 12 Sin City: Urban Damnation in Dante, Blake, T.S. Eliot, and James Thomson, Disa Gambera; Chapter 13 1I would like to thank the other Part Icipants in the “Hell and Its Afterlife” conference for their comments on the original oral version of this paper, Part Icularly Walid Saleh, Jennifer Fraser, Rachel Falconer, and Alan Bernstein, and, from the University of Nebraska, Kim Vorthmann., Charles W. King; Chapter 14 Guardian Demons in Hellboy: Hybridity in Contemporary American Horror Films, Sharon Lee Swenson; Chapter 15 Hell in our Time: Dantean Descent and the Twenty-first Century “War on Terror”, Rachel Falconer;
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