Life After Death: Resurrection, Judgment, and the Final Destiny of the Soul

With religious turmoil and tension dominating the global headlines, many people around the world hold confused or incorrect views about Islamic teachings and tradition. In Life After Death: Resurrection, Judgment, and the Final Destiny of the Soul, Professor of Religion Mohammad Faghfoory translates, annotates and introduces scholarly theses that explore the concept of death in Islam, and the way the Islamic idea of an afterlife can inspire adherents toward a morally upstanding existence. Belief in life after death is the first among the five fundamental pillars of Islamic tradition; without it, the religion teaches, the other pillars become meaningless. Faghfoory shows how Muslims regard this essential tenet of their faith as a concept that gives meaning to life and illuminates the purpose of the creation of man.