Life after death; SYN. hereafter.
Belief that life does not end with death but continues in some other form or in some other place. Belief in an afterlife of some kind is a hallmark of all religions. Notions of what happens range from reincarnation into another body (Buddhists, Hindus, and Sikhs usually teach this) to being raised on the Last Day when God will end the world and judge everyone according to how they have lived (Christianity, Islam, and Judaism usually teach a form of this).