The Unitarian minister William Alger surveys what peoples have believed about life after death: Scandinavian, Brahmanic, Buddhist, Persian, Hebrew and Muslim doctrines, the teachings of the New Testament writers, and the speculations of medieval and modern Christian thinkers. He weighs each critically before setting out his own conclusions.
An encyclopaedic Victorian work of comparative religion that still rewards anyone studying ideas of heaven, hell and immortality. Download the free EPUB.