After We Die: Theology, Philosophy, and the Question of Life after Death, by Stephen T. Davis
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In After We Die, philosopher Stephen T. Davis subjects one of Christianity's key beliefs―that Christians not only will survive death but also will enjoy bodily resurrection―to searching philosophical analysis. Facing each critique squarely, Davis contends that traditional, historic belief about the eschatological future is philosophically defensible. Davis examines personal extinction, reincarnation, and immortality of the soul. By juxtaposing two systems of salvation―reincarnation/karma and resurrection/grace―Davis explores the Christian claim that humans will be raised from the dead, as well as the radical Christian assertions of Jesus' resurrection, ascension, and long-anticipated return. Davis finally addresses Christian thinking about heaven, hell, and purgatory. The philosophical defense of Christianity's core beliefs enables Davis to render a reasonable answer to the eternal question of what happens to us after we die. After We Die is essential reading for teachers and students of philosophy, theology, and Bible, as well as anyone interested in a reasoned analysis of historic Christian faith, particularly as it pertains to the inevitable end of each and every human being.
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- Published on: 2015-06-16
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.80" h x .70" w x 5.80" l, .85 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 175 pages
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. After I Die By Johnny Wilson Since After We Die: Theology, Philosophy, and the Question of Life after Death has philosophy in the title and since author Stephen T. Davis is a professor of philosophy, I expected more reasoning and less preaching in this volume. To be sure, I enjoyed After We Die because, after all, most of us love to read people who generally agree with us, but I was disappointed that he didn’t address more of the philosophical issues of those who don’t agree with traditional Christianity. It’s fair enough that he asserts, quite properly, that “ultimate questions” cannot be properly answered by the scientific method (p. 2). It is also proper that he identifies the problem of personal identity as a critical feature of the problem (addressing possible solutions as the “memory criterion,” “bodily criterion,” and the “duplication objection”—pp. 19-20).Yet, it seems that Davis moves very quickly from it seems reasonable or it seems possible to “I believe.” His philosophical method is most helpful when he shreds the assertion by Epicurus and the Stoics that, “When I am not dead, my death is of no concern to me.” Davis argues quite effectively that it is precisely when we are not dead that we are most concerned about what death shall bring (p. 22). He fairly observes that Epicurus was so concerned about knowing by experience that he assumed that what we have not (or have not yet) experienced is not relevant. It doesn’t take a lot of effort to observe in modern discussion and in the arts that this is not the case. A lot of people worry about death.Frankly, I very much appreciated Davis’ summary of what he called “The Lifestyle Argument against the Existence of God.” Some will consider this arrogant or whimsical since it is seldom verbalized, but often implied (as, for example, in Bertrand Russell’s infatuation with Alice Whitehead). Davis notes it as follows (p. 83): “1) I am not living and do not want to live the kind of life that God would want me to live if God existed. 2) Therefore, God does not exist.” The reason it isn’t verbalized is because it is illogical. What we want has nothing to do with whether something exists or not. My students may not want to complete a homework assignment, but the assignment exists whether they want to get the points or not. Davis rightly points out that this desire for autonomy and sense that no one has a right to interfere in anyone’s life (including God) is what makes religion so repugnant to many people today (p. 82).In dealing with the identity of persons, Davis very cleverly expresses the problem of resurrection with an illustration from a personal computer. Affirming Aquinas’ notion that one isn’t truly resurrected as a given person unless all of the “stuff” that makes up a person is restored/transformed, Davis shares the idea that he tears his personal computer apart into a multitude of pieces. Those pieces end up distributed in a variety of places. IF he goes to the trouble of tracing down all of those pieces and reassembling/repairing the computer with all of the original parts, it is easy to say that it is the same computer. If the computer is reassembled with parts from the same run of manufacturing (identical in form/function, but not precisely identical in reality), he cannot be sure (pp. 52-53). This reader wasn’t convinced by this argument—especially as Davis admits on the next page—since our entire cellular make-up is replaced every so many years and we still have continuity of personhood.I find it rather incredulous to espouse that God (given our de facto understanding of God as Creator/Sustainer/Redeemer) would be limited to the same materials as a given individual was created with in the first place. Both here and in Davis’ discussion of temporary disembodiment, I felt Davis could have been informed by quantum physics and the ability to identical particles to exist and act upon each other in different space-time coordinates (“entanglement”). Many of the logical problems with which he struggles will be addressed in such an understanding.In spite of my misgivings, this is a good book. I love phrases like, “…the will of God is the glue of the world” (p. 66) with its echoes of early Christian hymns (such as Colossians 1), his description of ascension as transformation into a heavenly dimension (or dimensions) (p. 79), his understanding of hell as being God allowing people to have their own way (p. 95), his citation of 1274 CE as the first official promulgation of “Purgatory” in the Catholic Church (p. 107), and his lovely illustration of “seeing God” in the heavenly dimension as being something like a baby intently trying to discern her/his mother’s face (p. 130).Those who seek to understand biblical teaching of life after death (with only a modicum of philosophical reasoning) will benefit from After We Die: Theology, Philosophy, and the Question of Life after Death. Those who are looking for a rigorous debate with non-Theistic perspectives will be largely disappointed.
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