RT Book
T1 Heaven in the American imagination
T2 Oxford scholarship online Religion
A1 Smith, Gary Scott 1950-
LA English
PP New York
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2011
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1651052816
AB Gary Scott Smith poses two major questions: How have Americans viewed heaven? And how have they believed people get there? He argues that Americans in all periods have agreed about some aspects of heavenly life, but that the predominant conception of heaven has varied from era to era.
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
SN 9780199830701
SN 0199830703
K1 Heaven : Christianity
K1 Heaven
K1 Future Life : Christianity
K1 Future Life
K1 Religion : Christian Theology : Eschatology
K1 United States : Religion
K1 Future life : Christianity
K1 Future life
K1 Electronic books
DO 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199738953.001.0001