Christians who believe in the creation of all things by a benevolent (and beneficent) God; in his enfleshment in Jesus of Nazareth, and in the eschatological resurrection of the body do have a persistent loyalty to matter and to things that invites an act of cosmic allegiance. (religion-online.org)
To eat Christ's flesh, incorporating it into yours (or yours into his, as some see it), involves a physical intimacy through which you participate directly in the Incarnation and anticipate the promised resurrection of your body from the grave. (firstthings.com)
Cullmann argues that there is no biblical link between resurrection of the body and the soul's immortality. (firstthings.com)