Purgatory

1. Introduction: Purgatory’s Religious and Philosophical Heritage(s)
Kristof K. P. Vanhoutte, Benjamin W. McCraw

Part I. The Nature of Purgatory

2. Purgatory, Atonement, and the Self
Gordon Graham

3. Religious and Paranormal Experiences as Evidence for Purgatory
Travis Dumsday

4. In the Twinkling of an Eye
David Baggett, Jonathan Pruitt

5. Purgatory’s Temporality
Vincenzo Lomuscio

6. Indulgent Love
Neal Judisch

Part II. Purgatory and Historical Considerations

7. Leibniz, Purgatory, and Universal Salvation
Lloyd Strickland

8. Mirror Geography: On the Emergence of Purgatory and the City
Kristof K. P. Vanhoutte

9. Climbing up to Heaven: The Hermetic Option
Stephen R. L. Clark

10. Poetry as Purgatorial: Dante and the Language(s) of Purgatory
Giuseppe Varnier

11. Aquinas and the Possibility of a Probable Reasoned Argument for the Existence of Purgatory
Jeremy Bell

Part III. Extending Purgatory

12. The Body in Crisis: Contemporary Articulations of Purgatory
Anne Cranny-Francis

13. Praying for the Dead: An Ecumenical Proposal
Benjamin W. McCraw

14. On the Metaphysics of Economics and Purgatory
Michaël Bauwens

15. Issues of Impermanence: Christian and Early Buddhist Contemplations of Time
Christopher Ketcham

16. The Purification of Doubt: Is It Better to Exist in Purgatory?
Nicolas Michaud

Keywords: Religious Studies, Christian Theology, Philosophy of Religion, History of Philosophy