Divided Minds and Divine Judgement: : Dissociative Identity Disorder, Heaven and Hell, and the Resurrection of the Body
In this paper, I shall argue that Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), a disorder in which seemingly independent identities (alters) arise within the same individual, can have considerable consequences in Christian theology. I shall focus on traditional Christian understandings of the afterlife. I...
| Auteur principal: | |
|---|---|
| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | En cours de chargement...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publié: |
Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Université Catholique de Louvain
2023
|
| Dans: |
TheoLogica
Année: 2023, Volume: 7, Numéro: 1, Pages: 168-193 |
| RelBib Classification: | NBE Anthropologie NBQ Eschatologie ZD Psychologie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Bodily Resurrection
B Dissociative Identity Disorder B Heaven and Hell B Personhood |
| Accès en ligne: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Résumé: | In this paper, I shall argue that Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), a disorder in which seemingly independent identities (alters) arise within the same individual, can have considerable consequences in Christian theology. I shall focus on traditional Christian understandings of the afterlife. I shall begin by outlining DID, and shall argue that in some DID cases, alters appear to be different persons according to some definitions of personhood in Christian theology. I shall then illustrate the difficulty this raises for two influential ideas in the Christian tradition: the heaven and hell understanding of the afterlife, and the idea of the resurrection of the body. Finally, I shall consider some objections to the problem, and shall highlight which responses are the most plausible. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 2593-0265 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: TheoLogica
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.14428/thl.v7i1.64093 |