A Problem for Christian Materialism
This piece raises a new challenge for Christian materialist accounts of human persons. Revisiting one of the perennial challenges for Christian materialism, explaining the metaphysical compatibility of resurrection and the life everlasting with materialist metaphysics, I argue that resuscitation phe...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2018]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 10, Issue: 3, Pages: 205-213 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Van Inwagen, Peter 1942-
/ Zimmerman, Dean W.
/ Resurrection
/ Materiality
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBA Dogmatics |
| Further subjects: | B
Simulacrum
B Resurrection B van Inwagen B Zimmerman B Personal Identity |
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| Summary: | This piece raises a new challenge for Christian materialist accounts of human persons. Revisiting one of the perennial challenges for Christian materialism, explaining the metaphysical compatibility of resurrection and the life everlasting with materialist metaphysics, I argue that resuscitation phenomena reported in scripture undermine van Inwagen's and Zimmerman's attempts to reconcile resurrection and materialism. Although this challenge to Christian materialism is not insurmountable, it provides good reason to reject several of the most serious Christian materialist projects and offers a reason for Christians to consider alternatives to materialism. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v10i3.2631 |