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Conceptions of the Afterlife

in Early Civilizations

Continuum Advances in Religious Studies

Series Editors: James Cox, Peggy Morgan

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Theology and Religious Studies in Higher Education , D. L. Bird and Simon G. Smith

Conceptions of the Afterlife

in Early Civilizations

Universalism, Constructivism, and

Near-Death Experience

Gregory Shushan

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ISBN-10: HB: 0-8264-4073-8

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Conceptions of the afterlife in early civilizations : universalism, constructivism, and

near-death experience / edited by Gregory Shushan.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-8264-4073-0

ISBN-10: 0-8264-4073-8

1. Future life. 2. Universalism. 3. Near-death experiences. I. Shushan, Gregory. II. Title.

BL535.C65 2009

202’.3–dc22

2008045255

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Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations - Universalism Constructivism and Near-Death Experience by Gregory Shushan (2009).pdf