In 'The Church as Paradise and the Way Therein: Early Christian Appropriation of Genesis 3:22?24', Christopher A. Graham demonstrates that early Christian authors employed the words ?paradise? and ?way? as allusions to the expulsion narrative (Genesis 3:22?24) to signify that th…
In 'The Church as Paradise and the Way Therein: Early Christian Appropriation of Genesis 3:22-24', Christopher A. Graham demonstrates that early Christian authors employed the words 'paradise' and 'way' as allusions to the expulsion narrative (Genesis 3:22-24) to signify that th…
Using archaeological data to examine the development of Han dynasty Chinese art (206 BC-AD 220), 'Sources of Han Decor' focusses on three major iconographies (the animal master, the tree of life, and animal predation), together with a series of minor motifs (particularly the gri…
The Muslim afterworld, with its imagery rich in sensual promises, has shaped Western perceptions of Islam for centuries. However, to date, no single study has done justice to the full spectrum of traditions of thinking about the topic in Islamic history. The Muslim hell, in part…
Previous scholars have noted the Puritans' edenic descriptions of New World landscapes, but Inventing Eden is the first study to fully uncover the integral relationship between the New England interest in paradise and the numerous iconic intellectual artifacts and social movemen…
Illustrated throughout with rare stills, and organized so as to provide historical context, this book surveys an array of films that have offered us glimpses of a life that is meaningful, free from strife, devoid of pain and privation, and full of harmony in every sense.
Visions of paradise: images of Eden in the cinema
Depictions of sex, violence, and crime abound in many of today's movies, sometimes making it seem that the idyllic life has vanished-even from our imaginations. But as shown in this unique book, paradise has not always been lost. For many years, depictions of heaven, earthly par…
