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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
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Routledge new critical thinking in religion, theology and biblical studies |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I Setting the scene; II Theological affirmations; TA1: That bodily resurrection is not a superfluous hope of afterlife; TA2: There is immediate post-mortem existence in Paradise; TA3: There is numerical identity between pre-mortem and post-resurrection human beings; TAs 1-3: taken together; III Chapter breakdown; 1 On the horns of a dilemma; A theological problem; I How did we get here?; I.1 Jewish eschatology: continued |
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I.2 Apostolic fathers, Papias, and early church fathers: a quick historical progressionI. 3 Paradise and church teaching; II If substance dualism is true, then Paul's argument is unsound; III Some objections and some rejoinders; IV If Paul's argument is sound, then substance dualism is false; V Substance dualism and the intermediate state: a post-mortem and a way ahead; 2 Physicalism and resurrection hope; Introduction; A very brief excursus on Locke's Axiom (LA); I The Simulacrum Thesis; II The Falling Elevator Model; III Anti-criterialism; IV Wrapping up |
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3 Lynne Baker's constitution metaphysicsIntroduction; I Primary kinds and constitution; II Numerical identity and a false analogy; III No working definition (CP1); IV Too many persons or no human persons at all (CP2); V There are no essential differences between divine and human persons (CP3); VI Baker and resurrection; Conclusion; 4 Hylemorphism and disembodied souls; Introduction; I Hylemorphism; II A word about the human soul as form; III Material substantial forms and immaterial substantial forms; IV Addressing the trilemma: horns (a), (b), and (c) |
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IV.1 Horn (c): human souls are not "metaphysical amphibians"IV.2 Horns (a) and (b); V Concluding thoughts; 5 Eschatological Presentism: A model of immediate eschatological resurrection; Introduction; I A quick summary: theories of time; II Theology and temporal topology: a new theory; II.1 Why not four-dimensionalism or presentism?; II.2 Compound presentism; II.3 Eschatological Presentism (EP); II.4 A theological problem?; III Summary; 6 Hylemorphism and Eschatological Presentism: on the resurrection of the dead; Introduction; I Body Identity Physicalism (BIP) and eschatological presentism |
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II Hylemorphism and eschatological presentismIII Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Christian tradition has largely held three theological affirmations on the resurrection of the physical body. Firstly, that bodily resurrection is not a superfluous hope of afterlife. Secondly, there is immediate post-mortem existence in Paradise. Finally, there is numerical identity between pre-mortem and post-resurrection human beings. The same tradition also largely adheres to a robust doctrine of The Intermediate State, a paradisiacal disembodied state of existence following the biological death of a human being. This book argues that these positions are in fact internally inconsistent, and so a new theological model for life after death is required. The opening arguments of the book aim to show that The Intermediate State actually undermines the necessity of bodily resurrection. Additionally, substance dualism, a principle The Intermediate State requires, is shown to be equally untenable in this context. In response to this, the metaphysics of the afterlife in Christian theology is re-evaluated, and after investigating physicalist and constitutionist replacements for substance dualist metaphysics, a new theory called "Eschatological Presentism" is put forward. This model combines a broadly Thomistic hylemorphic metaphysics with a novel theory of Time. This is an innovative examination of the doctrine of life after death. It will, therefore, be of great interest to scholars of analytic theology and philosophy of religion |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Resurrection.
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Future life.
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Hylomorphism.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Eschatology.
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RELIGION -- Theology.
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Afterlife.
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Bible.
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Biblical Studies.
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bodily resurrection.
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Christian.
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Constitution View.
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constitutionist.
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Death.
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Eschatological Presentism.
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Hylemorphism.
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J T Turner.
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Metaphysics.
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physicalist.
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post-mortem existence.
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Rethinking the Resurrection of the Dead.
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resurrection.
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substance dualism.
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Theology.
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The Intermediate State.
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Future life
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Hylomorphism
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Resurrection
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429788994 |
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0429788991 |
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9780429789007 |
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0429789009 |
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9780429788987 |
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0429788983 |
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9780429435775 |
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0429435770 |
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