Progress, Apocalypse and Completion of History and Life After Death of the Human Person in the World Religions
Peter . Ed(S): Koslowski
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Hardback. How do the religions interpret universal history and what statements do they make about life after death? Presented by scholars of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, this volume provides an understanding of these five world religions and their teachings about the end of history and the life after death of the human person. Editor(s): Koslowski, Peter. Series: A Discourse of the World Religions. Num Pages: 142 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 880.
The soul is so closely connected to life that one cannot think that it could ever be separated from life and, consequently, be mortal. Therefore, it can only be immortal. This argument from Plato's Phaedo for the immortality of the soul exhibits both a great strength and a great weakness. Its strength is that it is dif ficult for anyone to think that the soul could ever exist without life. Its weakness is, first, that not all religions accept a soul that remains the same as the center of the person - thus one speaks, for instance, in Buddhism of ... Read more
The soul is so closely connected to life that one cannot think that it could ever be separated from life and, consequently, be mortal. Therefore, it can only be immortal. This argument from Plato's Phaedo for the immortality of the soul exhibits both a great strength and a great weakness. Its strength is that it is dif ficult for anyone to think that the soul could ever exist without life. Its weakness is, first, that not all religions accept a soul that remains the same as the center of the person - thus one speaks, for instance, in Buddhism of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
Series
A Discourse of the World Religions
Number of Pages
142
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402006470
SKU
V9781402006470
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