“Wonderful…. A smart and accessible take on the ultimate question: What is Heaven? Lisa’s book is a good place to begin to find an answer.” — Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Lion “A rare combination of journalism, memoir, and historical research … this smart yet heartfelt book leads us into the center of one of the greatest conversations of all time. And Lisa Miller is the perfect conversation partner.” — Stephen Prothero, New York Times bestselling author of American Jesus and Religious Literacy A groundbreaking history of the hereafter, Heaven by Newsweek reporter and religion editor Lisa Miller draws from both history and popular culture to reveal how past and presage visions of heaven have evolved and how they inspire us to both good and evil. “With grace and insight, Lisa Miller has done a remarkable thing: she has written a wonderful book that weaves together contemporary reporting and historical scholarship with skill and energy. The result is a smart and accessible take on the ultimate question: What is Heaven? Lisa’s book is a good place to begin to find an answer.” - Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Lion “A rare combination of journalism, memoir, and historical research by a self-professed skeptic who nonetheless believes in hope, this smart yet heartfelt book leads us into the center of one of the greatest conversations of all time. And Lisa Miller is the perfect conversation partner, regaling us with the wisdom (and folly) not only of the official theologies of the ancients but also of the everyday improvisations of ordinary Americans wrestling with the Big Questions forever swirling around this most audacious of hopes.” - Stephen Prothero, New York Times bestselling author of American Jesus and Religious Literacy “Readers of HEAVEN will more likely than not find their own imaginations enriched, their experiences enhanced, their taste for exploration enlarged, and their impulse to reach out in empathy and hope quickened.” - Martin E. Marty, Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago “This fascinating, thoughtful, and challenging study tells us a great deal about what it means to be a human being.” - Karen Armstrong, New York Times bestselling author of A History of God and The Case for God “Lisa Miller has long been the fairest and most engaging journalist covering religion in America. In Heaven, she has accomplished the impossible: She has written a book about religion that fundamentalists, moderates, liberals, and nonbelievers alike can read with extreme pleasure.” - Sam Harris, New York Times bestselling author of The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation “[A] brainy, engaging book. . . . What Miller ultimately concludes may surprise you.” - Entertainment Weekly “Miller writes engagingly, intersperses her own reflections with the wide variety of personalities, and raises the central questions. Given the range of religious and other traditions she covers, while it is true that you may not finish knowing what heaven is like, you’ll feel you’ve had as close as possible to a virtual tour.” - Rabbi David Wolpe, Huffington Post “Intriguing volume. . . . [Miller] knows how to translate theological ideas into plain language. She is as lucid in deciphering the arguments of Thomas Aquinas or Martin Luther as in interpreting a lyric from the Talking Heads or testimony from survivors of near-death experiences or data from opinion polls.” - Washington Post “Miller tracks down the people behind the ideas, and even scholars who like moldering in the archives will appreciate her human touch.” - New York Times “Miller doesn’t come to a neat conclusion about what to expect when our last breath arrives. But she does offer a lot of faith for thought in this thorough and intelligent look at life after death.” - Time magazine “A rare combination of journalism, memoir, and historical research by a self-professed skeptic who nonetheless believes in hope, this smart yet heartfelt book leads us into the center of one of the greatest conversations of all time. And Lisa Miller is the perfect conversation partner.” - Stephen Prothero, New York Times bestselling author of American Jesus and Religious Literacy “Delightful and insightful. . . . This marvelous work is a readable and wonderfully realized study of this ‘constant hope’ that we share. . . . Whether we’re informed by scripture or by popular culture, HEAVEN will delight and edify readers at every level.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Miller’s whirlwind tour of heaven is an entertaining primer on a most complex subject.” - Booklist A groundbreaking and accessible history of heaven--from the earliest biblical conceptions of the afterlife to the theologians who frame our understandings to the convictions and perceptions of everyday people. The desire for a celestial afterlife is universal. It is as old as the Bible itself. While the