Optimizing the Economic Behavior of Muslims Based On the Ethics of Belief in the Hereafter by Mohammad Reza Heidari, Saeed Farahanifard, Nafise Shaian Nejad, Elham Karimi Aminabadi

“…Two issues occur in a society in which the belief in the life after death is mixed with moralities. This paper tackles these two issues. …”
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A THEMATIC STUDY OF PHILOSOPHY SCIENCE AND METHODOLOGY ON ESCHATOLOGY BASED ON THE AL-QUR’AN AND AL-HADITH TEXT by Muhammad Rizal Hidayat, Mohammad Izdiyan Muttaqin

“…Eschatology is the study of things that exist in life after death (akhirah). The law of studying eschatology is mandatory for every Muslim because its substance concerns the fifth pillar of faith, namely faith on judgment day. …”
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The IADC Grief Questionnaire as a Brief Measure for Complicated Grief in Clinical Practice and Research: A Preliminary Study by Fabio D’Antoni, Claudio Lalla

“…The findings revealed a two-dimensional framework comprising two distinct factors: the “Clinical Score”, encompassing the most distressing elements of grief, and the “Continuing Bond” factor, which is associated with feelings of connection to the departed and thoughts regarding the existence of life after death. The IADC-GQ has the potential to be easily and quickly employed in both research and clinical settings. …”
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A message from beyond the grave: Hercules rescuing Hesione on a Stojnik funerary monument by Gavrilović-Vitas Nadežda, Anđelković-Grašar Jelena

“…The rich iconography of the monument makes it a very important example of funerary art in the period from the end of the 2nd and the beginning of the 3rd century - the eschatological symbolism of the presented scenes and motifs is more than clear and underlines not only the hope of the deceased’s family for his eternal and blessed life after death, but also the deceased’s victory over death and presents him as a symbol of courage and virtue. …”
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Dance and Song as Grieving: Examining the Role of (Pentecostal?) Christianity in shifting Ndebele Society’s Perceptions of Grieving. by Cletus Moyo

“…The Christian Biblical view of life after death is in a way certain and hopeful while the Ndebele traditional religion view of death is shrouded in silence and mystery. …”
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Romeo and Juliet: Play about love and death by Andrejević Ana M.

“…Although there are religiously guided thoughts about life after death in the play, secular statements about death as a flight from the unbearable reality and the cure for the impossible love are more present. …”
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The Representation of Military Troops in Pingcheng Tombs and the Private Household Institution of Buqu in Practice by Chin-Yin Tseng

“…Or had the families commissioned this theme as part of the tomb repertoire simply in hopes of providing protection over the deceased in their life after death? If we set the examination of this type of image against textual history, the household institution of buqu retainers that began as early as the Xin (“New”) Dynasty (9–23 CE) and was codified in the Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE), serving as private retainer corps of armed men to powerful families, appears to be the type of social institution reified in the archaeological materials mentioned above. …”
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Attachment of refugees from Kosovo and Metohia to religion and church by Adamović Milena

“…They believe in the life after death, but they do not have a mental picture how it should look like, they are eager neither to read the Bible not watch religion-related broadcast on TV etc.…”
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Preparing for the Death of a Loved One by Robert Ginsberg

“…After losing my fifteen year old daughter in the blink of an eye sixteen years ago, I was firmly entrenched in materialist thinking and I looked upon the suggestion of life after death as ridiculous and hurtful.  I was mired in the deep chasm of despair with no hope of ever escaping the horror.  …”
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Ibn-al Arabi and Mulla Sadra on Idea and Imagination by Samanbar Mirzayi, Hadi Vakili

“…Among the issues which have been raised in the Islamic philosophy and mysticism, Idea and Imagination play an essential role to explain many Islamic beliefs such as the resurrection, the life after death and soul incorporeity. Ibn-al Arabi, Mulla Sadra, Ibn Sina and Sheikh-al Ishraq have dealt with these issues and addressed them. …”
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Funeral Rites of the Garos: Unveiling Cultural Assimilation Amidst Christian Influence by Silba R. Marak, Dwijen Sharma

“…However, a noticeable departure from their indigenous animistic belief system has taken place, with numerous deities being replaced by a single God, and fundamental beliefs like life after death seemingly abandoned. Nevertheless, upon closer examination of funeral rites, certain traditional elements are found to persist, reflecting the complex cultural assimilation within the emerging Christian identity among the Garo people. …”
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Attitude to Life and Death in Adolescents with Oncological Disease by Medvedeva V., Kadyrov R.

“…In adolescents with cancer, the fear of death is more pronounced, the concept of life after death has more religious ideas than in the comparison group, and death perceived as a way to avoid life problems. …”
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Perceptions towards charcoal-burning suicide and the surge of this lethal method in Taiwan by Yi-Ju Pan, Mei-Xian Loi, Yin-Hsiang Lan, Chun-Lin Chen, I-Chih Cheng

“…We aimed to explore perceptions of Taiwan’s general population regarding charcoal-burning suicide, their personal belief in life after death, and related feelings of thoughts associated with those who attempt charcoal-burning suicide. …”
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Persia, the Land of Shiite Faith: The Migration of Imam Ahl al-Bayt and the Encounter between Two Belief Systems in Persia by Fatemeh Sadat Alavi Aliabadi, Sayed Alireza Vasei

“…Specifically, this research investigates the similarity of several concepts in both religions, Zoroaster and Islam, regarding the teaching in the principle of God (Ilahiyyah), the principle of life after death (eschatology), and the principle of justice and morals of the religion embraced before Islam in Persia. …”
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Capitalism, Globalization & Islamic Economic System by Muhammad Zeeshan Farrukh

“…The main reason of this attitude is the concept of akhirah (life after death) in Islamic economics but no such concept in western or secular concept, because the secular economic concept separates the religious thought from the worldly life. …”
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Perceptions towards charcoal-burning suicide and the surge of this lethal method in Taiwan. by Yi-Ju Pan, Mei-Xian Loi, Yin-Hsiang Lan, Chun-Lin Chen, I-Chih Cheng

“…We aimed to explore perceptions of Taiwan's general population regarding charcoal-burning suicide, their personal belief in life after death, and related feelings of thoughts associated with those who attempt charcoal-burning suicide.…”
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Ciało ludzkie i jego udział w szczęściu nieba – koncepcja Pseudo-Dionizego Areopagity wobec poglądów neoplatoników pogańskich by Tomasz Stępień

“…This polemic is pointed against Neoplatonic philosophers who held such opin­ions, and to understand the difference between pagan and Christian view on the matter, the second part of the article considers the Neoplatonic view of the life after death. At Neoplatonic schools there were a different opinions of whether the embodiment is good or rather damaging to the intellectual soul. …”
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Poems in Prose by I.S. Turgenev: the Cycle’s Title as a Historical Literary Issue by Yulia D. Burmistrova

“…The cycle put together the main aspects of writers previous creative works which led to the continuous search for the most suitable title to fully express authors intentions: from the original Posthuma which is focused on the life after death experience to the last Poems in prose which additionally underlines the uniqueness of the form used for Turgenevs last creative work. …”
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A Virtual Out-of-Body Experience Reduces Fear of Death. by Pierre Bourdin, Itxaso Barberia, Ramon Oliva, Mel Slater

“…This is in line with previous reports that naturally occurring OBEs are often associated with enhanced belief in life after death.…”
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Plateau by Png, Hui Min, Goh Timothy Wei Wen

“…The story ends in hope, acknowledging that there is presence of life after death, good and bad, ups and downs; these can mean nothing important, after all everyone still stays truthful to its own life. …”
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