Jan 11, 2021 | St Luke's Episcopal Church and the host The Very Rev. Denis C. Brunelle records a Zoom session on January 9, 2021, at 10:00 AM Eastern Time in which they discuss Bart's book "The History of Heaven and Hell." St Luke's Episcopal Church is located at 18 James Lane in East Hampton, New York. Bart touches upon book references like The Apocalypse of Peter, Plato: The Immortality of the Soul, the Jewish traditions and apocalyptic thought, and Jesus' teaching.
Seán Moncrieff hosts an eclectic Irish radio show on Newstalk which is operated by News 106 Limited, a subsidiary of Denis O'Brien's Communicorp. He interviewed Bart on January 13th, 2020 during a seven-minute spot in brief discussion about his new book, "Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife" to be published by Simon & Schuster. The interview asked questions like: Was Heaven and Hell discussed in the Old Testament? Does Judaism believe in the afterlife? Did the belief in Heaven and Hell exist during Jesus' lifetime? Did there exist an early belief that a deceased person entered limbo after death? Doesn't the physical depictions of Hell only make sense if a person is physically tortured? Why do more people in the U.S. believe in Heaven than in Hell? Other thoughts are considered during this succinct segment.
