Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Preferred term

hell  

Definition

  • Hell is envisioned in many religions as a state of being in the afterlife, one that is characterized by pain, suffering, deprivation, and separation. In most cultures, it has been imagined to be underground. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Hell]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/hell

Download this concept: