On the Resurrection of the Dead: A New Metaphysics of Afterlife for Christian Thought

by Jr., James T. Turner and James T. Turner Jr.

Christian tradition has largely held three theological affirmations on the resurrection of the physical body. Firstly, that bodily resurrection is not a superfluous hope of afterlife. Secondly, there is immediate post-mortem existence in Paradise. Finally, there is numerical identity between pre-mortem and post-resurrection human beings. The same tradition also largely adheres to a robust doctrine of The Intermediate State, a paradisiacal disembodied...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367586517
• ISBN13: 9780367586515
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 244 Pages