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Bibliography of Heaven

For those interested in reading more about heaven here are some books worth reading.  I would recommend starting with C.S.Lewis' Weight of Glory and then reading the chapters in his The Problem of Pain.  The books are in no particular order.

C.S.LewisThe Problem of Pain, chapters 8 and 10.  Available in C.S.Lewis Selected Books, 1999 Harper Collins
"The Weight of Glory" published originally in Transposition and Other Addresses which is now republished under the titled The Weight of Glory or in the omnibus edition which is better value titled  Selected Essays, 1999, Harper Collins
The Screwtape Letters also published in Selected Books, 1999 Harper Collins
The Great Divorce also published in Selected Books 1999, Harper Collins
Peter KreeftThe Shadow-lands of C.S.Lewis, Ignatius Press, 1994, an anthology of Lewis' writings as they relate to the Shadowlands.
Everything that you wanted to know about Heaven but never dreamed of asking, Ignatius Press, 1990
Heaven, the Heart's Deepest Longing, Ignatius 1980
John GilmoreProbing Heaven - Key Questions on the Hereafter, Baker 1989.
David LawrenceHeaven..it's not the end of the world!, Scripture Union, 1995
Jeffrey Burton RussellA History of Heaven, Princeton University Press, 1997  pricey but scholarly and readable (a rare combination)
Richard BaxterThe Saint's Everlasting Rest, Hodder,1994.  This classic written by Baxter when he thought he was dying became a mammoth volume (he did not die quickly).  This is the abridged edition - the full edition is in print again from Mentor Press.
Anthony A. HoekemaThe Bible and the Future, 1979, Eerdmans.  For my mind the best introduction to the doctrine of the last things (eschatology).  See chapter 20 in particular for heaven.
William HendricksenThe Bible on the Life Hereafter, 1959, Baker.  Still in print and presented in a useful question and answer format.  Also include discussion questions.
Eryl DaviesHeaven is a far better place - what the Bible teaches about Heaven, Evangelical Press, 1999