The Life of the World to Come is the twelfth studio album by the Mountain Goats, released on October 6, 2009.

Continuing in their exploration of religious themes, The Life of the World to Come is composed of twelve tracks, each one inspired by (and titled after) a single verse from the Jewish Tanakh and the Christian New Testament.

[2] Early copies of the album sold via Rough Trade's physical and online stores featured a bonus CD-R, The Life of the World in Flux.

[citation needed] The album was positively reviewed by critics, gaining 78/100 points on Metacritic.

[10] Pitchfork Media listed it as 45th best of the year, adding that album is "a work of deep, profound empathy-- the kind of thing the Bible is supposed to teach us in the first place".