Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: strangers on the shore of the sea
  • Introduction: the nature of religion and individual immortality
  • The sacred texts
  • The Beatitudes in world religions
  • The poor in spirit
  • Those who mourn
  • The meek
  • Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness
  • The merciful
  • The pure in heart
  • The peacemakers
  • Epilogue: strangers on the shore.