Part I: The Invention of Heaven
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The Heaven Knot (5:38)
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Disclaimers about Heaven (5:01)
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The Oldest Afterlife Beliefs (16:45)
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Earliest Conceptions of Heaven (15:51)
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Greece's "Ideal" Heaven (14:06)
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Israel's Alternative Hope: Resurrection (7:22)
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Q&A with Dr. Hitchcock (Part I)
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QUIZ: Part I
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EXTRA: Further Reading on the Invention of Heaven
Part II: The Assimilation of Heaven
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Introduction: The Assimilation of Heaven (4:11)
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Heaven 2.0: The Perfect Place among the Stars (4:11)
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The Hebrew Assimilation: Paradise (18:21)
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The Resurrection Hope and the Heaven Footnote (19:38)
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The Lurch toward Heaven (11:41)
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Q&A with Dr. Hitchcock (Part II)
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QUIZ: Part II
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EXTRA: Further Reading on the Assimilation of Heaven
Part III: The Paradoxing of Heaven
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Introduction: The Paradoxing of Heaven (2:42)
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Augustine and the Vision of God (19:55)
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Paradox 1 (13:22)
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Paradox 2 (7:16)
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Paradox 3 (6:45)
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Excursus: Hell (6:12)
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Paradox 4 (8:05)
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The Undissolvable Resurrection (5:01)
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Q&A with Dr. Hitchcock (Part III)
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QUIZ: Part III
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EXTRA: Further Reading on the Paradoxing of Heaven
Part IV: The Purification of Heaven
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Introduction: The Purification of Heaven (2:48)
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Tugging at the Heaven Knot (10:06)
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De-paradoxing Heaven: Paradox 4 (6:50)
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De-paradoxing Heaven: Paradox 3 (3:12)
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Deparadoxing Heaven: Paradox 2 (5:17)
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Deparadoxing Heaven: Paradox 1 (2:09)
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The Filtering of the Flesh (9:53)
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Q&A with Dr. Hitchcock (Part IV)
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QUIZ: Part IV
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EXTRA: Further Reading on the Purification of Heaven
Part V: The Domestication of Heaven
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Introduction: The Domestication of Heaven (4:09)
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Choosing the Heavenly Home (12:40)
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Sensing Heaven on Earth (12:15)
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The Victorian Heavenly Home (10:54)
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Tenets of the Victorian Concept of Heaven (14:26)
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Escape and Eclipse in the 20th Century (13:53)
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Contemporary Trends (13:25)
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Conclusions (5:40)
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Q&A with Dr. Hitchcock (Part V)
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QUIZ: Part V
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EXTRA: Further Reading on the Domestication of Heaven
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EXTRA: Music Videos about Heaven
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EXTRA: Finding Hope after a Cancer Diagnosis (Interview with Chris Lawrence) (19:51)
