Entertaining judgment, the afterlife in popular imagination, Greg Garrett
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Entertaining judgment, the afterlife in popular imagination, Greg Garrett
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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non fiction
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Entertaining judgment
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Greg Garrett
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the afterlife in popular imagination
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Speculation on the afterlife--angels strumming harps, demons brandishing pitchforks, God enthroned on heavenly clouds--seems today to embarrass many theologians; however, popular culture has found rich ground for creative expression in the search for answers to the question: What lies in store for us after we die? The lyrics of Madonna, the plotlines of TV's Lost, the implied theology in films such as Ghost and Field of Dreams, and the heavenly half-light of Thomas Kinkade's popular paintings all speak to our hopes and fears about what comes next. In a rich survey of literature and popular media, Garrett compares cultural accounts of death and the afterlife with those found in scripture. Denizens of the imagined afterlife, whether in heaven, hell, on earth, or in purgatory, speak to what awaits us, at once shaping and reflecting our deeply held--if often somewhat nebulous--beliefs.
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