What is eternity? Is it anything other than a purely abstract concept totallyunrelated to our lives? A mere hope? A frightfully uncertain horizon? Or is ita cer... » 

What is eternity? Is it anything other than a purely abstract concept totallyunrelated to our lives? A mere hope? A frightfully uncertain horizon? Or is ita certainty shared by priest and scientist alike and an essential element inall human relations? This book presents a short history of eternity in Westernculture. «