Christian Physicalism?
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Christian Physicalism?

Philosophical Theological Criticisms

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Christian Physicalism?

Philosophical Theological Criticisms

About this book

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

  1. Cover
  2. Christian Physicalism?
  3. Christian Physicalism?
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Christian Physicalism?
  8. An Introduction
  9. Chapter 1
  10. The Incorporeality of the Soul in Patristic Thought
  11. Chapter 2
  12. Christian Physicalism
  13. Chapter 3
  14. Substance Dualism and the Diachronic/Synchronic Unity of Consciousness
  15. Chapter 4
  16. Christian Physicalism and Our Knowledge of God
  17. Chapter 5
  18. Physicalism, Divine Eternality, and Life Everlasting
  19. Chapter 6
  20. Holy Saturday and Christian Theological Anthropology
  21. Chapter 7
  22. Physicalism, the Incarnation, and Holy Saturday
  23. Chapter 8
  24. Physicalist Christology and the Two Sons Worry
  25. Chapter 9
  26. Physicalism and the Death of Christ
  27. Chapter 10
  28. Christian Materialism Entails Pelagianism
  29. Chapter 11
  30. Sanctification and Physicalism
  31. Chapter 12
  32. Neuroscience, Spiritual Formation, and Bodily Souls
  33. Chapter 13
  34. Hope for Christian Materialism?
  35. Chapter 14
  36. How to Lose the Intermediate State without Losing Your Soul
  37. Chapter 15
  38. Dismantling Bodily Resurrection Objections to Mind-Body Dualism
  39. Chapter 16
  40. “Absent from the Body . . . Present with the Lord”
  41. Chapter 17
  42. Physicalism and Sin
  43. Chapter 18
  44. Christian Materialism and Christian Ethics
  45. Chapter 19
  46. The Incompatibility of Physicalism with Physics
  47. Chapter 20
  48. Reflections on Christian Physicalism by a Veteran Antiphysicalist
  49. Afterword
  50. Bibliography
  51. Index
  52. About the Contributors