Heaven and Philosophy
This volume is a collection of essays analyzing different issues concerning the nature, possibility, and desirability of heaven as understood by the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity. and Islam. Topics include whether or not it is possible that a mortal could, upon bodily death, become an inhabitant of heaven without loss of identity, where exactly heaven might be located, whether or not everyone should be saved, or if there might be alternative destinations (including some less fiery versions of Hell). Chapter authors include believers and skeptics, well-known philosophers, and new voices. While some chapters are more challenging than others, all are written in a style that should be accessible to any interested reader.
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Heaven and Philosophy
This volume is a collection of essays analyzing different issues concerning the nature, possibility, and desirability of heaven as understood by the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity. and Islam. Topics include whether or not it is possible that a mortal could, upon bodily death, become an inhabitant of heaven without loss of identity, where exactly heaven might be located, whether or not everyone should be saved, or if there might be alternative destinations (including some less fiery versions of Hell). Chapter authors include believers and skeptics, well-known philosophers, and new voices. While some chapters are more challenging than others, all are written in a style that should be accessible to any interested reader.
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This volume is a collection of essays analyzing different issues concerning the nature, possibility, and desirability of heaven as understood by the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity. and Islam. Topics include whether or not it is possible that a mortal could, upon bodily death, become an inhabitant of heaven without loss of identity, where exactly heaven might be located, whether or not everyone should be saved, or if there might be alternative destinations (including some less fiery versions of Hell). Chapter authors include believers and skeptics, well-known philosophers, and new voices. While some chapters are more challenging than others, all are written in a style that should be accessible to any interested reader.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781498555661
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication date: 11/30/2017
Pages: 316
Product dimensions: 6.18(w) x 9.38(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Simon Cushing is associate professor and chair of the Philosophy Department of the University of Michigan-Flint.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Confessions of a Struggling Philosopher: Why I Want to Believe in Heaven (but Reluctantly Don’t)
Bertha Alvarez Manninen

Chapter 2: Radical Resurrection and Divine Commands
Eric T. Olson

Chapter 3: Heaven before Resurrection: Soul, Body and the Intermediate State
Jean-Baptiste Guillon

Chapter 4: Paradise… Lost? Against Locational Accounts of Heaven
Cruz Davis

Chapter 5: Could Everyone Eventually Be Saved?
Josh Rasmussen

Chapter 6: The Agony of the Infinite: The Presence of God as Phenomenological Hell
A.G.Holdier

Chapter 7: Love and Death
Helen L. Daly

Chapter 8: Heaven and the Problem of Eternal Separation
Eric Yang

Chapter 9: Two Arguments for Animal Immortality
Blake Hereth

Chapter 10: Evil, Freedom, and Heaven
Simon Cushing

Chapter 11: Will We Be Free (to Sin) in Heaven?
Michaël Bauwens

Chapter 12: Heaven and Homicide
Simon Cushing\
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