Beyond Heaven and Earth: A novel about love, and death...and life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780595302697)

Have you ever wondered what happens to us when we die? What if you really HAD to know? When tragedy strikes the family of young Jobran Winter, he is forced to confront these questions directly. Undertaking a feverish "Quest," he explores various branches of Christianity; Judaism; Islam; Hinduism; Buddhism; Sikhism, as well as the religions of China and Japan. His search encompasses the New Age, Reincarnation, Spiritism and Psychical Research. Attending channeling sessions and s ances, investigating haunted houses and Near-Death Experiences, he examines spiritual traditions ranging from Swedenborg to Scientology, from Jodo Shinshu to the Jehovah's Witnesses. Finally, the Quest brings him into direct contact with Hospice work; physical disability; child abandonment; abortion; suicide; euthanasia, and even cold-blooded murder. Encounter the doctrines of Purgatory & Predestination, Universalism & Annihilationism, as you journey in a novel that will make you reexamine your ideas about religion, skepticism, love, death . . . and LIFE.

Author: Steven H. Propp
ISBN-10: 0595302696
ISBN-13: 9780595302697
Publisher: iUniverse
Language: English
Published: 11/17/2003
Pages: 696
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.26lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.14w x 1.73d