{"product_id":"chasing-immortality-in-world-religions-deborah-m-coulter-harris-9780786497928","title":"Chasing Immortality in World Religions","description":"\u003cp\u003e Humans have been chasing immortality since the beginning of history, seeking answers to sickness and aging, death and the afterlife, and questioning the human condition. Analyzing ideas from ancient Sumer, Egypt, Greece and India, as well as the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, this study explores how early religious models influenced later beliefs about immortality, the afterlife, the human soul, resurrection, and reward and punishment. The author highlights shared teachings among the most influential religions and philosophies, concluding that humankind has not substantially changed its conceptions of immortality in 6,000 years. This continuity of belief may be due to chromosomal memory and cultural inheritance, or may represent a fundamental way of conceptualizing the afterlife to cope with mortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deborah M. Coulter-Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786497920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786497928\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Deborah M. Coulter-Harris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926043394303,"sku":"9780786497928","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0074aeb6-1fa8-4845-addb-0f73bd5c8abc.jpg?v=1681080868","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chasing-immortality-in-world-religions-deborah-m-coulter-harris-9780786497928","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}