This book seeks to study Christian beliefs on ‘state-after-death’ in the present pluralistic contexts of India. Showing that ‘state-after-death’ is an intriguing yet important issue for conversations within the Hindu, Muslim an secular humanistic perspectives, it surveys the contemporary Christian theologians’ views on ‘state-after-death’ or religious pluralism, including Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Paul David Devanandan, Stephen Neill, Hendrik Kraemer, M. M. Thomas, John Hick and Hans Kung.

It also demonstrates that ‘state-after-death’ is a major component of God’s mission, as shown in the Old Testament,