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Immortality - attribute of deathlessness ascribed to the soul in many religions and philosophies. Forthright belief in immortality of the body is rare. Immortality of the soul is a cardinal tenet of Islam and is held generally in Judaism, although it is not an essentially Jewish idea. The ancient Greeks and Romans believed in an afterlife, in which the souls of men lived on, but generally only

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Freedom and Immortality » Read Now
by Ian T. Ramsey. 162 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...FREEDOM AND IMMORTALITY by the same author RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE FREEDOM AND IMMORTALITY The Forwood Lectures in the University...ii. iii. III. IMMORTALITY: PERSONS 63 i...
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Spinoza's Heresy: Immortality and the Jewish Mind » Read Now
by Steven Nadler. 225 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library
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The Future of Immortality and Other Essays for a Nuclear Age » Read Now
by Robert Jay Lifton. 305 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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Expectations of Immortality in Late Antiquity » Read Now
by A. Hilary Armstrong. 72 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...EXPECTATIONS OF IMMORTALITY IN LATE ANTIQUITY The Aquinas Lecture, 1987 EXPECTATIONS OF IMMORTALITY IN LATE ANTIQUITY Under the auspices...Aquinas Lecture, Expectations of...
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Hidden Futures: Death and Immortality in Ancient Egypt, Anatolia, the Classical, Biblical and Arabic-Islamic World » Read Now
by J. M. Bremer, Theo van den Hout, R. Peters. 256 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Futures Hidden Futures Death and Immortality in Ancient Egypt, Anatolia, the Classical...AND PRACTICES CONCERNING DEATH AND IMMORTALITY Henk Milde 15 DEATH...Literary DEATH...
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Dualistic and Nondualistic Problems of Immortality, in Philosophy East & West » Read Now
by Roy W. Perrett. 18 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...Dualistic and nondualistic problems of immortality Roy W. Perrett I One traditional conception of immortality involves the notion that we survive...familiar as the doctrine...
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Religion, Reason, and Truth: Historical Essays in the Philosophy of Religion (Chap. 10 "Comments on the Meaning of Immortality") » Read Now
by Sterling M. McMurrin. 288 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...10.Comments on the Meaning of Immortality 223 11.Evolution...Press. "Comments on the Meaning of Immortality" was published as a Garvin Lecture on God and Immortality . The...
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Aging, Death, and Human Longevity: A Philosophical Inquiry (Chap. Six "'The Death of Death': Immortality, Identity, and Selfhood") » Read Now
by Christine Overall. 264 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

"Is a longer life a good in itself? Christine Overall carefully explores the philosophical tradition and current arguments to conclude that living a longer life is better. For those who believe that philosophy should concern real issues of everyday life that genuinely matter to our ability to live...
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"Is a longer life a good in itself? Christine Overall carefully explores the philosophical tradition and current arguments to conclude that living a longer life is better. For those who believe that philosophy should concern real issues of everyday life that genuinely matter to our ability to live well, this book is essential."--Joan Tronto, author of "Moral Boundaries: A Political Argument for an Ethic of Care
"This terrific book should be read by anybody who wants to think clearly about aging, death, or longevity. It takes on the widespread opposition to systematic social attention to prolonging healthy life, laying bare some of its unsavory underpinnings (ageism, sexism, etc.). It also encourages us to think creatively about what longer life could offer us and humanity as a whole."--Laura Purdy, author of "Reproducing Persons "
"Christine Overall provides a precise, no-nonsense approach to questions of aging and death. Her analyses sparkle with clarity as she dismantles the arguments for a'duty to die'; and her moral commitments give rise to workable, urgent social policies. Death is accepted as the termination of life; but not as its focus or meaning: in the end, this is a book that does not fetishize death; it celebrates life!"--Grace M. Jantzen, author of "Becoming Divine: Towards a Feminist Philosophy of Religion"
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Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (Chap. 21 "The Good Life and Immortality") » Read Now
by Peter Anthony Bertocci. 568 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Community 497 21 The Good Life and Immortality 519 Index 555 INTRODUCTION...specific statements about God, about the nature of man, about immortality, or about the exact...
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The Broken Connection: On Death and the Continuity of Life (Part I "Death and Immortality") » Read Now
by Robert Jay Lifton. 502 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library