• Immortality of the Soul vs. Resurrection of the Body?

  • Jul 2 2024
  • Length: 34 mins
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Immortality of the Soul vs. Resurrection of the Body?

  • Summary

  • In the present episode, I briefly clarify some issues regarding the nature of the soul doctrine and the immortality doctrine that is represented in the wider Christian Church and catholicity throughout history. I highlight the dialectic for which I am addressing the immortality of the soul in recent episodes and restate why it is important to affirm that, in fact, there is a soul and that soul is immortal in some sense as entailed by the doctrine of disembodied persistence. This is done, once again, in the context of a discussion going back, in large measure, to Oscar Cullmann who raises the question: "Immortality of the Soul or Resurrection of the Body?", which I take to be primarily the object of criticism in recent episodes as it has found its way into many of the biblical and theological discussions concerning anthropology and eschatology. What I affirm explicitly is contradicted by the immediate resurrection views and the extinction re-creation views of the afterlife. What I do not explicitly lay out, although they may be implied in some way, is whether or not this entails essential, natural, or conditional immortality. These issues are rather nuanced and deserve further attention of which I only give some nuanced distinction in the present episode.



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