The Palgrave Handbook of the Afterlife

1. Introduction
Benjamin Matheson

Part I. The History of the Afterlife

2. The Afterlife in Early Civilizations
Gregory Shushan

3. Classical Mediterranean Conceptions of the Afterlife
Stephen R. L. Clark

Part II. The Afterlife in World Religions

4. Hinduism
Ankur Barua

5. Buddhism
Peter Harvey

6. Judaism
Tyron Goldschmidt, Aaron Segal

7. Christianity
Joshua Farris

8. Islam
Amir Dastmalchian

Part III. Models of the Afterlife

9. Heaven
Luke Henderson

10. Divine Love and Hell
Andrei A. Buckareff, Allen Plug

11. Purgatory
David Hershenov, Rose Hershenov

12. Rebirth
Mikel Burley

13. Digital Afterlives
Eric Steinhart

Part IV. The Metaphysics of the Afterlife

14. Substance Dualism
Uwe Meixner

15. Emergent Dualism
William Hasker

16. Resurrecting Material Persons
Lynne Rudder Baker

Part V. The Meaning of the Afterlife

17. The Fear of Death
John Bishop

18. Meaning in Life
Thaddeus Metz

19. The Problem of Evil
Stephen T. Davis

20. Practical Identity
Benjamin Matheson

Part VI. The Science of the Afterlife

21. Do Near-Death Experiences Provide Evidence of an Afterlife?
Mark Fox

22. How Psychological Dispositions Influence the Theology of the Afterlife
Helen De Cruz, Johan De Smedt

Nyckelord: Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysics, History of Philosophy, Existentialism, Epistemology