Editorial: Images of Afterlife

The Study of Image by Aby Warburg

Warburg is one of the most inspiring figures in the German tradition of art historiography. Although one of the well-known aspects of Warburg’s intellectual work is its relation to iconology, this article seeks to go beyond the conventional understanding of Warburg to mapping a picture of his “special” view of the image as a whole. To this end, by re-reading the classic Warburg texts and new in...

Do Afterlife Beliefs Affect Psychological Adjustment to Late-Life Spousal Loss?

Results. Bleak or uncertain views about the afterlife are associated with multiple aspects of distress postloss. Uncertainty about the existence of an afterlife is associated with elevated intrusive thoughts, a symptom similar to posttraumatic distress. Widowed persons who do not expect to be reunited with loved ones in the afterlife report significantly more depressive symptoms, anger, and int...

The Afterlife of a Text in Walter Benjamin’s Theory of Translation

Walter Benjamin proposes that a work of art does not belong to a specific time; rather it is transient. A work of art has a 'temporal effect' which is considered as the 'context' of the work in which it has been written. The 'context' cannot be reconstructed to be the same as what once existed;it is constructed.Translator's job is to recreate the life of the original work from one language to a...

Belief in an afterlife, spiritual well-being and end-of-life despair in patients with advanced cancer.

Despite the plethora of research linking spirituality, religiosity and psychological well-being among people living with medical illnesses, the role of afterlife beliefs on psychological functioning has been virtually ignored. The present investigation assessed afterlife beliefs, spiritual well-being and psychological functioning at the end of life among 276 terminally ill cancer patients. Resu...

Rezoning the Afterlife Religion and Property Rights in the Middle Ages