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Index
Cover
Entertaining Judgment: The Afterlife in Popular Imagination
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
ENTERTAINING JUDGMENT
INTRODUCTION: ENTERTAINING JUDGMENT: How We Understand the Afterlife
CHAPTER ONE: IN BETWEEN: Death and the Undead
WHAT IS DEATH, REALLY?
SPOOKED: GHOSTS AND WHY THEY HAUNT US
BEAUTIFUL BLOODSUCKERS: MEET THE VAMPIRE
ALL YOU ZOMBIES: WHY IT’S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD
CHAPTER TWO: DENIZENS OF THE AFTERLIFE: Angels, Demons, and the Devil
ANGELS IN ACTION
ANGELS GONE BAD
CHAPTER THREE: HEAVEN: The Pearly Gates
SEEKING HEAVEN
VISIONS OF HEAVEN
CHAPTER FOUR: HELL: The Fiery Inferno
“I’LL SEE YOU IN HELL, WILL MUNNY”: HELL AS PUNISHMENT FOR THE WICKED
CHAPTER FIVE: PURGATORY: Working Out Our Salvation
PURGATORY AS PURIFYING FLAME
BIG PURGATORIES, SMALL CHANGES
OTHER USES OF PURGATORY
CONCLUSION: The Dead and the Living
APPENDIX: Literary and Cultural Works Consulted
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CONCLUSION
INDEX
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