Not exact matches
Cullmann argues that there is no biblical link
between resurrection
of the body and the
soul's
immortality.
The difference
between Selman and Seybold is seen most clearly in their treatments
of the question
of the
immortality of the
soul.
The second century witnessed the chief period
of conflict
between the Jewish «resurrection
of the body» and the Platonic «
immortality of the
soul» in the developing thought
of Christians.
For nothing shows better the radical difference
between the Greek doctrine
of the
immortality of the
soul and the Christian doctrine
of the Resurrection.
The fact that later Christianity effected a link
between the two beliefs and that today the ordinary Christian simply confuses them has not persuaded me to be silent about what I, in common with most exegetes, regard as true; and all the more so, since the link established
between the expectation
of the «resurrection
of the dead» and the belief in «the
immortality of the
soul» is not in fact a link at all but renunciation
of one in favour
of the other.
This resource can be used as an introduction lesson - or developed into useful revision lessons as it explores with students the following ideas: Clarification
of reasons why people believe in life after death Reasons why people DO N'T believe in life after death The relationship
between the
soul / mind and body Monism / Dualism
Immortality of the
soul Analysis
of Plato A quick discussion on Descartes
Otto Rank (at one time a protege
of Freud), broke with his master and posited that we are, rather, motivated by the undeniable conflict
between our sense
of ourselves as «immortal
souls,» and our realization that we exist by virtue
of our all - too - mortal bodies, that we are desperate to believe that we will, somehow, live beyond our bodies, and that, in order to do so, we pursue «
immortality projects,» that we invest in our activities the promise
of eternal life.