Publisher: Yale University Press, 1988

Hardcover with dust-jacket, pp. 410

Condition: Bright and clean, a tight copy with owners stamp on end-paper and edge of book. Dust-jacket shows some signs of shelf-life.

In this copiously illustrated book, Colleen the authors describe and interpret the ways in which believers—from biblical authors to medieval mystics, from Jesus to present-day religious thinkers—have pictured Heaven, not just in doctrine but also in poetry, art, literature, and popular culture. In so doing, they shed new light on both the private and public dimensions of western culture.