Beyond Death: Exploring the Evidence for Immortality
Overview
Death—and what lies beyond—is not something most consider every day. But the thought of it raises some intriguing questions about the afterlife, near death experiences, and heaven and hell. By sharing the very latest scientific, philosophical, anthropological, ethical, and theological research on death and the afterlife, noted Christian scholars Gary Habermas and J. P. Moreland present a strong case for immortality. They begin by taking up the question of whether life after death is real and what evidence supports its reality. They then explore what the afterlife is like and go on to show how having this reality in your future should affect the way you live here and now. Beyond Death is an excellent aid in developing a serious biblical and rational defense for belief in life beyond the grave.
Top Highlights
“According to the recreation position, substance dualism is false—humans do not have substantial souls. Thus, at death a person becomes extinct, and at the general resurrection God recreates the person, not from preexisting materials but out of nothing.” (Page 225)
“Our second question focuses on whether or not animals survive death. The best answer appears to be that we cannot be sure either way.” (Page 82)
“Fourth, substances are unities of parts, properties, and capacities (dispositions, tendencies, potentialities).” (Page 41)
“Hick singles out a second factor contributing to a decline in belief in the soul and an afterlife: scientism” (Page 38)
“In general, a faculty is a compartment of the soul that contains a natural family of related capacities” (Page 73)
- Title: Beyond Death: Exploring the Evidence for Immortality
- Authors: Gary Habermas, J. P. Moreland
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2004
- Logos Release Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Immortality › Christianity; Immortality (Philosophy); Prophecy › Christianity
- ISBNs: 9781592445097, 1592445098
- Resource ID: LLS:BEYONDDEATH
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:11:54Z