After We Die: Theology, Philosophy, and the Question of Life after Death

✍ Scribed by Stephen T. Davis

Publisher: Baylor University Press
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Leaves: 175
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

In After We Die, philosopher Stephen T. Davis subjects one of Christianity’s key beliefs―that Christians not only will survive death but also will enjoy bodily resurrection―to searching philosophical analysis. Facing each critique squarely, Davis contends that traditional, historic belief about the eschatological future is philosophically defensible.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction 1
1 Survival of Death Theories 11
2 Karma versus Grace 31
3 Resurrection 49
4 Ascension and Second Coming 73
5 Hell 89
6 Purgatory 105
7 Heaven 117
Conclusion 135
Notes 141
Bibliography 155
Scripture Index 163
General Index 167

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