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Eternal life, a new vision : beyond religion, beyond theism, beyond heaven and hell, John Shelby Spong

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Eternal life, a new vision : beyond religion, beyond theism, beyond heaven and hell, John Shelby Spong
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-251) and index
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index present
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non fiction
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Eternal life
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John Shelby Spong
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a new vision : beyond religion, beyond theism, beyond heaven and hell
Table Of Contents
Setting the stage : a necessary personal word -- Life is accidental -- All life is deeply linked -- Dancing with death : the discovery of mortality -- The lure of religion -- Life's dominant drive : survival -- Religion's role in the fear of death -- The faces of religion -- The tools of religious manipulation -- Ridding religion of both heaven and hell -- Putting away childish things : the death of religion -- The shift of the religious paradigm -- Who am I? What is God? -- The approach of the mystics -- Resurrection : a symbol and a reality -- Hiding, thinking, being -- I believe in life beyond -- Defining the choice to die
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