Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Note on Translations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 How Humans Came to Believe in an Afterlife 18
7. 2 How to Achieve a Good Death 38
8. 3 Between Two Worlds 60
9. 4 Postmortem Judgment 85
10. 5 Heaven and Hell 99
11. 6 Things to Do When You’re Dead 139
12. 7 How to Dispose of the Body 172
13. 8 Where to Deposit the Remains 200
14. 9 Living with the Dead 236
15. 10 What If . . . ? 265
16. Notes 275
17. Bibliography 305
18. Index 321