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  2. Death and Afterlife

    Death appears in many guises within Judaism. The Hebrew Bible, which forms the basis for all subsequent thinking, treats death as a punishment for sin and source of ritual impurity. While it acknowledges the virtue of a timely death, the emphasis remains on embodied life and the present moment.
    Author
    Harris Bor
    Faith tradition
    Judaism
    Topics
    Being and existence, Spiritual life and practices

  3. Angels (malāʾika)

    In Islam, angels (malāʾika) are spiritual beings created by God, tasked with various roles that include delivering revelations, recording human deeds, and serving as guardians. After a short overview of angels in Islam, this entry begins with a description of the role angels play in the Qur...
    Author
    Stephen Burge
    Faith tradition
    Islam
    Topics
    Being and existence

  4. Resurrection of the Dead

    This article explores the Christian notion of the resurrection of the dead under four headings: finality, individuality, communality and hope. For each, it takes its starting point in 1 Corinthians 15, and from there explores the debates and controversies associated with each basic affirmat...
    Author
    Susannah Ticciati
    Faith tradition
    Christianity
    Topics
    Sacred texts

  5. New Creation in the Christian Scriptures and Tradition

    This entry analyses biblical and subsequent Christian approaches to new creation, under the rubrics ‘the good’, ‘the new’, and ‘the beautiful’. The introduction sketches points of debate: ‘new creation’ as realized or eschatological, renewed or utterly new, as heaven or New Jerusalem, and...
    Author
    Edith M. Humphrey
    Faith tradition
    Christianity
    Topics
    Sacred texts

  6. Purgatory in Historical Perspective

    Purgatory is a place, state, or stage in the Christian afterlife where, after death, the soul is purged of minor, unexpiated sin so that it can be fit for heaven. ‘Purgatory’ derives from the Latin purgare (to purge) and hence as the noun purgatorium it is a place of purgation and purific...
    Author
    Isabel Moreira
    Faith tradition
    Christianity
    Topics
    Being and existence

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