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Christian Physicalism?
Philosophical Theological Criticisms
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On the heels of the advance since the twentieth-century of wholly physicalist accounts of human persons, the influence of materialist ontology is increasingly evident in Christian theologizing. To date, the contemporary literature has tended to focus on anthropological issues (e.g., whether the traditional soul / body distinction is viable), with occasional articles treating physicalist accounts of such doctrines as the Incarnation and Resurrection of Jesus cropping up, as well. Interestingly, the literature to date, both for and against this influence, is dominated by philosophers. The present volume is a collection of philosophers and theologians who advance several novel criticisms of this growing trend toward physicalism in Christian theology. The present collection definitively shows that Christian physicalism has some significant philosophical and theological problems. No doubt all philosophical anthropologies have their challenges, but the present volume shows that Christian physicalism is most likely not an adequate accounting for essential theological topics within Christian theism. Christians, then, should consider alternative anthropologies.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Christian Physicalism?
- Christian Physicalism?
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Christian Physicalism?
- An Introduction
- Chapter 1
- The Incorporeality of the Soul in Patristic Thought
- Chapter 2
- Christian Physicalism
- Chapter 3
- Substance Dualism and the Diachronic/Synchronic Unity of Consciousness
- Chapter 4
- Christian Physicalism and Our Knowledge of God
- Chapter 5
- Physicalism, Divine Eternality, and Life Everlasting
- Chapter 6
- Holy Saturday and Christian Theological Anthropology
- Chapter 7
- Physicalism, the Incarnation, and Holy Saturday
- Chapter 8
- Physicalist Christology and the Two Sons Worry
- Chapter 9
- Physicalism and the Death of Christ
- Chapter 10
- Christian Materialism Entails Pelagianism
- Chapter 11
- Sanctification and Physicalism
- Chapter 12
- Neuroscience, Spiritual Formation, and Bodily Souls
- Chapter 13
- Hope for Christian Materialism?
- Chapter 14
- How to Lose the Intermediate State without Losing Your Soul
- Chapter 15
- Dismantling Bodily Resurrection Objections to Mind-Body Dualism
- Chapter 16
- “Absent from the Body . . . Present with the Lord”
- Chapter 17
- Physicalism and Sin
- Chapter 18
- Christian Materialism and Christian Ethics
- Chapter 19
- The Incompatibility of Physicalism with Physics
- Chapter 20
- Reflections on Christian Physicalism by a Veteran Antiphysicalist
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Contributors