{"product_id":"a-very-brief-history-of-eternity-9780691152509","title":"A Very Brief History of Eternity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Snow in Havana\u003c\/i\u003e, a brilliant cultural history of the idea of eternity\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat is eternity? Is it anything other than a purely abstract concept, totally unrelated to our lives? A mere hope? A frightfully uncertain horizon? Or is it a certainty, shared by priest and scientist alike, and an essential element in all human relations? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Very Brief History of Eternity\u003c\/i\u003e, Carlos Eire, the historian and National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Snow in Havana\u003c\/i\u003e, has written a brilliant history of eternity in Western culture. Tracing the idea from ancient times to the present, Eire examines the rise and fall of five different conceptions of eternity, exploring how they developed and how they have helped shape individual and collective self-understanding. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA book about lived beliefs and their relationship to social and political realities, \u003ci\u003eA Very Brief History of Eternity\u003c\/i\u003e is also about unbelief, and the tangled and often rancorous relation between faith and reason. Its subject is the largest subject of all, one that has taxed minds great and small for centuries, and will forever be of human interest, intellectually, spiritually, and viscerally.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3068422\"\u003eCarlos Eire\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691152509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691152500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL067060\"\u003eChristian Theology | Eschatology\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL033000\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarlos Eire\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the memoirs \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Snow in Havana\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Award for nonfiction in 2003, and \u003ci\u003eLearning to Die in Miami\u003c\/i\u003e. His other books include \u003ci\u003eWar Against the Idols\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrom Madrid to Purgatory\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44580630986989,"sku":"9780691152509","price":35.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_47edfe13-3378-4b19-be4d-3ea9a0d25ee3.jpg?v=1702077774","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/a-very-brief-history-of-eternity-9780691152509","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}