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De Villiers, Marq,

Hell and damnation : a sinner's guide to eternal torment / Marq de Villiers. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intro -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- who invented hell, and for god's sake why? -- Hell-free zones -- Where the hell is it? -- Hell's executive suite -- Hell's unruly boardroom fracas -- Can there really be romance in the heart of hell? -- Once you're in, what's it like? A survey of A-list hells -- Eternal torment: who does what to whom, and why -- The peculiar physics of hell: How long is forever? -- The Watchers and the origin of hell -- Hell's earliest tourists -- Some Buddhists go to hell for the damnedest reasons -- Hellish travellers in classical antiquity Inquisitive Christians go to hell -- The great poets as tour guides -- A brief detour to heaven -- Epilogue -- Bibliography

"In Hell and Damnation, bestselling author Marq de Villiers takes readers on a journey into the strange richness of the human imaginings of hell, deep into time and across many faiths, back into early Egypt and the 5,000-year-old Mesopotamian epic of Gilgamesh. This urbane, funny, and deeply researched guide ventures well beyond the Nine Circles of Dante's Hell and the many medieval Christian visions into the hellish descriptions in Islam, Buddhism, Jewish legend, Japanese traditions, and more."--

ISBN: 0889775850 9780889775862 0889775869 9780889775855

Nat. Bib. No.: 2018906028X can

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: (AMICUS)000045304945

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hell.
Future life--History of doctrines.
Vie future--Histoire des doctrines.
Enfer.
hell (doctrinal concept)
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Gaia & Earth Energies
RELIGION / Christianity / General
RELIGION / Theology
Future life--History of doctrines
Hell

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BL545

Dewey Class. No.: 202/.3