Heaven and hell — are they real places, or are they fantasies invented to inspire good behavior and overcome our fear of dying? In my book "Heaven and Hell Unveiled," I share what 30 years of ...

One of the earliest saints to receive a firsthand glimpse into the heavenly realm was St. John the Evangelist. In the Book of Revelation he described the heavenly Jerusalem coming with “the ...

The book never answers the most vital of critical ... If afterlife stories are mostly about assuring ourselves that heaven is real and hell is for bad people, how are we shaping (or misshaping ...

Jon Kalman Stefansson’s novel “Heaven and Hell” recounts a 19th-century fishing trip and its aftermath. By John Self John Self is a book critic whose writing has appeared in The Guardian ...

proves not only that heaven is real - but so is hell. And it's even more terrifying than you might think. In his new book, Seeing the Supernatural: Investigating Angels, Demons, Mystical Dreams ...

This essay is a Cover ... heaven, and the sacrament of penance was a sure way to correct course if you lose your way. This position is easily caricatured in several ways. First, heaven and hell ...