Soul & Body (Paideia Monographs)

by D. F. M. Strauss

Publisher:

Paideia Press

, 2020

Overview

What if you found out that what you commonly believed about the soul and the body was false? What if you were told that the modern concept of soul and body, held by much of the church today, is mostly influenced by Greek philosophy and its subsequent culture rather than shaped by Scripture? Leading Dooyeweerdian scholar, D.F.M. Strauss, unveils what is behind the popular soul-body concept, exposing its Greek pagan influences, and providing a biblical understanding of soul and body.

Key Features

• Unveils what is behind the popular soul-body concept
• Explores the Greek pagan influences around the soul-body concept
• Provides a biblical understanding of soul and body

Contents

• The Dialectical Split between Body and Soul: Its genesis in Greek culture
• The Medieval Synthesis
• The Dialectical Root of Modern Philosophy
• Towards an Alternative View
• Concluding Remarks

Product Details

• Title: Soul & Body
• Author: D. F. M. Strauss
• Series: Paideia Monographs
• Publisher: Paideia Press
• Print Publication Date: 2020
• Pages: 62
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9780888152664, 0888152663
• Resource ID: LLS:SOULBODY
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-23T22:13:54Z

About D. F. M. Strauss

D.F.M. Strauss was born in 1946 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. At the University of the Free State (Bloemfontein, South Africa) he obtained the B.A., B.A. Honours and M.A. Degrees [the M.A. Thesis - on Philosophy and the Special Sciences - was published in 1970 (358 pp.)]. He then went to the Free University of Amsterdam where he completed the theoretical doctoral examination (cum laude) in November 1970 (main subject: systematic philosophy; other subjects: (a) modern philosophy and (b) General Theory of Law and Dutch Penal Law). On December 7, 1973 he defended his Ph.D. dissertation at the Free University - on the distinction between Concept and Idea. (Prof H. Van Riessen was his promoter.) In 1971 he was appointed as Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the then UFS and in October 1978 he became Head of the Department of Philosophy. From 1994 to 1996 he lived in Canada as the First Director of the Dooyeweerd Centre, assuming at once the position of General Editor of the Collected Works of the Dutch philosopher Herman Dooyeweerd. Since April 1, 1998 until December 31, 2001 he was Dean of the newly merged Faculty of Humanities (incorporating the former Faculties of Arts, Education and Social Sciences). Besides 15 publications, presenting papers at 38 International Conferences and contributing 19 chapters to independent works, more than 200 articles from him appeared in National and International Journals.