afterlife
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The afterlife refers to a belief held across many religions and cultures that existence or consciousness continues in some form after death. It matters to people because their conceptions of what happens after death often shape their moral values, life choices, and spiritual practices during their lifetime.
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- Different metaphysical models
- Reincarnation
- Heaven and Hell
- Ancient religions
- Ancient Egyptian religion
- Ancient Greek and Roman religions
- Norse religion
- Celtic religion
- Abrahamic religions
- Judaism
- Sheol
- World to Come
- Reincarnation in Jewish tradition
- Christianity
- The Catholic Church
- Limbo
- Purgatory
- Orthodox Christianity
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Seventh-day Adventists
- Islam
- Ahmadiyya
- Sufism
- Baháʼí Faith
- Indian religions
- Buddhism
- Hinduism
- Jainism
- Sikhism
- Others
- Confucianism
- Gnosticism
- Shinto
- Spiritualism
- Taoism
- Traditional African religions
- Unitarian Universalism
- Wicca
- Zoroastrianism
- Parapsychology
- Mediumship
- Near death research
- Past life regression
- Philosophy
- Modern philosophy
- Process philosophy
- Science
- Near-death experiences
- See also
- References
- Explanatory notes
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|A depiction of Idris (prophet)|Idris visiting Heaven and Hell from a Persian [[illuminated manuscript version of the Islamic text Stories of the Prophets (1577)]]
The afterlife or life after death is a speculation concerning existence after death, in which the essential part of an individual's stream of consciousness or identity continues to exist after the death of their physical body. The surviving essential aspect varies between belief systems; it may be some partial element, or the entire soul or spirit, which carries with it one's personal identity.