Heaven and Philosophy (eBook)

Simon Cushing (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
346 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-5567-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This volume, which includes accessibly written chapters by skeptics and believers, asks deep questions about the nature, possibility, and desirability of heaven that will be of interest to anyone who has pondered life beyond the grave.

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This volume is a collection of essays analyzing different issues concerning the nature, possibility, and desirability of heaven as understood by the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity. and Islam. Topics include whether or not it is possible that a mortal could, upon bodily death, become an inhabitant of heaven without loss of identity, where exactly heaven might be located, whether or not everyone should be saved, or if there might be alternative destinations (including some less fiery versions of Hell). Chapter authors include believers and skeptics, well-known philosophers, and new voices. While some chapters are more challenging than others, all are written in a style that should be accessible to any interested reader.

Autor

Simon Cushing is associate professor and chair of the Philosophy Department of the University of Michigan-Flint.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Confessions of a Struggling Philosopher: Why I Want to Believe in Heaven (but Reluctantly Don’t)Bertha Alvarez ManninenChapter 2: Radical Resurrection and Divine CommandsEric T. OlsonChapter 3: Heaven before Resurrection: Soul, Body and the Intermediate StateJean-Baptiste GuillonChapter 4: Paradise… Lost? Against Locational Accounts of HeavenCruz DavisChapter 5: Could Everyone Eventually Be Saved?Josh RasmussenChapter 6: The Agony of the Infinite: The Presence of God as Phenomenological HellA.G.HoldierChapter 7: Love and DeathHelen L. DalyChapter 8: Heaven and the Problem of Eternal SeparationEric YangChapter 9: Two Arguments for Animal ImmortalityBlake HerethChapter 10: Evil, Freedom, and HeavenSimon CushingChapter 11: Will We Be Free (to Sin) in Heaven?Michaël BauwensChapter 12: Heaven and HomicideSimon Cushing/

Produkt-Details

• Co-Autor: Michael Bauwens, Eric Yang, Helen L. Daly, Cruz Davis, Jean-Baptiste Guillon, Blake Hereth, Anthony G. Holdier, Bertha Alvarez Manninen, Eric T. Olson, Joshua Rasmussen
• Zusatzinfo: 5 Illustrations including: - 5 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Schlagworte: argument from love • arminianism • Christianity • Free Will • Heaven • hell • hylomorphism • Islam • Judaism • Metaphysics • Mortality • pelagianism • Personal Identity • Philosophy of Religion • purgatory • Religious Studies • Theology • Universalism
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-5567-5 / 1498555675
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-5567-8 / 9781498555678