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English
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Postponing Heaven : The Three Nephites, the Bodhisattva, and the Mahdi
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Provo, UT
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Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, BYU
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100
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[2015 Association for Mormon Letters Finalist for Religious Nonfiction]
Christianity, like other world religions, surprisingly acknowledges the existence of a plurality of human messiahs. In this comparative work, philosopher Jad Hatem examines Mormonism's Three Nephites, Buddhism’s Bodhisattva, and Islam's Mahdi; distinctive messianic figures who postpone Heaven, sacrificially prolonging their lives for the benefit of humankind.