heaven

In Christianity and some other religions, the abode of God and the destination of the virtuous after death. In traditional Christian belief, and in Islam, heaven is seen as a paradise of material delights, though such delights are generally accepted as being allegorical. Christians are now more likely to speak of heaven and hell in terms of states of mind, of spiritual happiness and unhappiness.

In traditional Christian teaching, the human body is reunited with the soul in heaven after Judgement Day. Theologians now usually describe heaven as a place or state in which the soul experiences the full reality of God.