TY  - BOOK
AU  - Almond,Philip C.
ED  - Cambridge University Press.
TI  - Heaven and Hell in Enlightenment England
SN  - 9780511584695 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BT832 .A55 1994
U1  - 236/.2 20
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Future life
KW  - Christianity
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - 17th century
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Heaven
KW  - Hell
KW  - Religious thought
KW  - England
KW  - Intellectual life
N1  - Online access provided by Cambridge University Press as part of Cambridge core; Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-211) and index; The journey of the soul. The pre-existence of the soul. Pre-existence and human suffering. The origin of souls. Pre-existence and the Scriptures. The transmigration of souls. Free will, human and divine. The vehicles of the soul. A Platonic map of the world -- From the hour of death to the day of judgement. The mortality of the soul. Thomas Browne and the destiny of the soul. Radical mortalists. Hobbes and the Kingdom of God. Richard Overton and John Milton. 'Flying like an Eagle in the Air'. Henry Dodwell and the breath of God. The rejection of Purgatory. Purgatory revisited -- The contours of heaven and hell. Hell's torments. The dark fires of hell. Punishments, body and soul. Co-partners in sin. Abominable fantasies. Heavenly joys. Heavenly bodies. The symmetry of contrasts -- The last day. Un-platonic fires. Hell on earth. From the earth to the sun. Gods, suns, and comets. Resurrection and persons. Spiritual bodies. Personal identity and the soul -- Eternal torments. Eternal or temporary? Reason and scripture. Wrath, mercy, and justice. Infinite offence. Unfulfilled threatenings? The ultimate deterrent?; Electronic reproduction; Cambridge; Available via World Wide Web
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511584695
ER  -