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1 online resource |
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Recent Catholic debate concerning the intermediate state -- The traditional Catholic position on the intermediate state -- Anthropological presuppositions of the traditional position -- Reaffirmations of the traditional position -- Proposed alternatives to the traditional position -- Recent challenges to the traditional position from within the Catholic community -- The main Catholic criticisms of resurrection in death -- The new thesis and Christ's own interim state -- The new thesis and the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary -- Searching for a resolution : areas requiring further exploration -- Sacred Scripture and the intermediate state -- Does human ontology in the Sacred Scriptures preclude a separable soul? -- The anthropology of the Old Testament -- The logical distinction between holism and monism -- Counterevidence for ontological holism in the Old Testament -- Counterevidence for ontological holism in intertestamental literature -- The anthropology of the New Testament -- Counterevidence for ontological holism in the New Testament -- Counterevidence for ontological holism in the Pauline literature -- Does Scripture teach resurrection in death? -- The use of echomen in verse one -- The verb ependuein in verses two and four -- Support for immediate resurrection in verses 5-10 -- Judging 2 cor. 5:1-10 within the context of the Pauline corpus as a whole -- Realized eschatology and resurrection in death -- The postmortem state? atemporal or nonatemporal? -- The coherence of atemporalism -- Reasons for adopting atemporalism -- Criticisms of atemporalism -- A Catholic consensus against atemporalism? -- A possible response to these objections -- The inadequacy of this response -- Addressing Rahner's problematic concerning postmortem temporality -- Postmortem atemporalism and purgatory -- The nature of purgation in death -- Challenges to purgation in death -- The problem of retroactivity -- The problem of the purpose of prayers and suffrages for the dead -- The anthropological objection to purgation in death -- The intermediate state maintaining personal identity through death and immediate resurrection -- Bodily identity and the Christian doctrine of Resurrection: the Catholic Church's traditional view -- How personal identity is maintained through death and resurrection : the traditional schema -- Personal identity maintained by the anima separata : some objections -- The maintenance of personal identity through resurrection in death -- Infused immortality -- Replica theory -- What is replica theory -- Problems with replica theories -- The gappy object defense -- Recapitulation theories -- Memory theory -- Reification theory -- Physical-transfer theory -- Individual form transfer -- Philosophical and theological objections to the traditional schema addressed -- The inseparability of the spiritual soul -- The loss of individuality in the separated soul -- The inactivity of the separated soul -- The inadequacy of the anima separata as carrier of personal identity -- How full personal identity is ensured through death and resurrection -- The resurrection of the dead and the significance of relics -- Ontological duality necessary for maintenance of identity through death and resurrection -- Immediate resurrection as a solution to some eschatological tensions -- Beatitude and the traditional schema -- Beatitude and immediate resurrection -- The significance of bodily resurrection -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"Christians look with hope to the resurrection of the dead and the restoration of all things. But what of those who have already died? Do they also await these things, or have they in some sense already happened for them? Within the Catholic theological community, this question has traditionally been answered in terms of the disembodied souls of human beings awaiting bodily resurrection. Since the 1960s, Catholic theologians have proposed two alternatives: resurrection at death into the Last Day and the consummation of all things, or resurrection in death into an interim state in which the embodied dead await, with us, the final consummation of all things. This book critically examines the Scriptural, philosophical and theological reasons for these alternatives and, on the basis of this analysis, offers an account of the traditional schema which makes clear that in spite of these challenges it remains the preferable option."--Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
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Catholic Church -- Doctrines.
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Catholic Church fast |
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Intermediate state.
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Intermediate state -- Biblical teaching
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Eschatology.
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Soul.
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Philosophical anthropology.
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philosophical anthropology.
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Philosophy of religion.
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Christian theology.
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Philosophy.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Eschatology.
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Eschatology
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Intermediate state
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Intermediate state -- Biblical teaching
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Philosophical anthropology
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Soul
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Theology, Doctrinal
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2016031741 |
| ISBN |
9781501312304 |
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1501312308 |
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9781501312274 |
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1501312278 |
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1501312286 |
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9781501312281 |
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