How Must We Be for the Resurrection to Be Good News?
While the promise of the resurrection appears wonderful, it is also perplexing: How can the person raised be one and the same person as the one that dies? And if the raised person is not the same, why should any of us mortals regard the promise of the resurrection as good news? In this paper, I arti...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2015]
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Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
Year: 2015, Volume: 89, Pages: 245-261 |
IxTheo Classification: | KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology NBQ Eschatology |
Further subjects: | B
Resurrection
B BELIEF & doubt B Human Behavior B IMMATERIALISM (Philosophy) B THOMAS, Aquinas, Saint, ca. 1225-1274 |
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Summary: | While the promise of the resurrection appears wonderful, it is also perplexing: How can the person raised be one and the same person as the one that dies? And if the raised person is not the same, why should any of us mortals regard the promise of the resurrection as good news? In this paper, I articulate the part-whole structure of human nature that supports belief in the sameness of the resurrected person's identity and the desirability of the resurrection: (1) the immaterial core of the person must survive the destruction of the body; (2) the person must nonetheless be incomplete apart from the body; and (3) the personal core must be the source for the personal identity of the resurrected body. In light of these criteria, I conclude by arguing that survivalism rather than corruptionism is the more compelling account of death and resurrection present in the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. |
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ISSN: | 2153-7925 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: American Catholic Philosophical Association, Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/acpaproc20l6l0547 |