Can I be Judged If I Don’t Remember My Sins? Questioning What Is Significant about Life after Death
We are preoccupied with memory and psychological continuity in what it would mean to survive one’s death, and so are challenged when our memories fade. If we test the philosophical focus on continuity with theological expectations of transformation, we can look for what emerges, rather than what is...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2016]
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Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2016, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 315-322 |
| RelBib Classification: | NBE Anthropology NBQ Eschatology VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Resurrection
B Transformation B Consciousness B Future Life B Memory B Locke B Dementia B Personal Identity |
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| Summary: | We are preoccupied with memory and psychological continuity in what it would mean to survive one’s death, and so are challenged when our memories fade. If we test the philosophical focus on continuity with theological expectations of transformation, we can look for what emerges, rather than what is lost, even in the most memory-ravaging conditions. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0953946816642985 |