Human life is limited, but asks beyond this limit. We traditionally call the limit of life “death”. In dealing with the subject of death, existential questions of life are touched upon. When we ask about life, we also ask about its limits. However we want to answer the question of what life is, we must also relate to its limitations. The limit of life as such is not clearly definable. Even more difficult is the question of “after” or “beyond” that keeps coming up. In the title of this book, the emphasis is on the open end “—and then?”. The authors approach it from different perspectives - philosophy, biology, physics, medicine, near-death experiences, fine arts, literary studies, theology - and thus provide complex impulses for further discussion.

This book is included in DOAB.