Heaven in the American Imagination

by Gary Scott Smith

Does heaven exist? If so, what is it like? And how does one get in? Throughout history, painters, poets, philosophers, pastors, and many ordinary people have pondered these questions. Perhaps no other topic captures the popular imagination quite like heaven.

Gary Scott Smith examines how Americans from the Puritans to the present have imagined heaven. He argues that whether Americans have perceived heaven as reality or fantasy, as God's home...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199738955
• ISBN13: 9780199738953
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.6"