Hell and Damnation
A Sinner's Guide to Eternal Torment
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Reference, Comparative Religion, Theology
| Author: | Marq de Villiers | ISBN: | 9780889775862 |
| Publisher: | University of Regina Press | Publication: | March 2, 2019 |
| Imprint: | U of R Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Marq de Villiers |
| ISBN: | 9780889775862 |
| Publisher: | University of Regina Press |
| Publication: | March 2, 2019 |
| Imprint: | U of R Press |
| Language: | English |
In Hell and Damnation, bestselling author Marq de Villiers takes readers on a journey into the strange richness of the human imaginings of hell, deep into time and across many faiths, back into early Egypt and the 5,000-year-old Mesopotamian epic of Gilgamesh. This urbane, funny, and deeply researched guide ventures well beyond the Nine Circles of Dante’s Hell and the many medieval Christian visions into the hellish descriptions in Islam, Buddhism, Jewish legend, Japanese traditions, and more.
In Hell and Damnation, bestselling author Marq de Villiers takes readers on a journey into the strange richness of the human imaginings of hell, deep into time and across many faiths, back into early Egypt and the 5,000-year-old Mesopotamian epic of Gilgamesh. This urbane, funny, and deeply researched guide ventures well beyond the Nine Circles of Dante’s Hell and the many medieval Christian visions into the hellish descriptions in Islam, Buddhism, Jewish legend, Japanese traditions, and more.
