A Philosophical Critique Of Empirical Arguments For Postmortem Survival

Author : Michael Sudduth
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137440945
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Philosophical Critique of Empirical Arguments for Postmortem Survival written by Michael Sudduth and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sudduth provides a critical exploration of classical empirical arguments for survival arguments that purport to show that data collected from ostensibly paranormal phenomena constitute good evidence for the survival of the self after death. Utilizing the conceptual tools of formal epistemology, he argues that classical arguments are unsuccessful.

Author : Michael Sudduth
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137440945
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Philosophical Critique of Empirical Arguments for Postmortem Survival written by Michael Sudduth and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sudduth provides a critical exploration of classical empirical arguments for survival arguments that purport to show that data collected from ostensibly paranormal phenomena constitute good evidence for the survival of the self after death. Utilizing the conceptual tools of formal epistemology, he argues that classical arguments are unsuccessful.

Author : John Hick
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664255091
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death and Eternal Life written by John Hick and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this cross-cultural, interdisciplinary study, John Hick draws upon major world religions, as well as biology, psychology, parapsychology, anthropology, and philosophy, to explore the mystery of death. He argues that scientific and philosophical objections to the idea of survival after death can be challenged, and he claims that human inadequacy in facing suffering supports the basic religious argument for immortality.

Author : Michael Sudduth
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317018079
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Reformed Objection to Natural Theology written by Michael Sudduth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Sudduth examines three prominent objections to natural theology that have emerged in the Reformed streams of the Protestant theological tradition: objections from the immediacy of our knowledge of God, the noetic effects of sin, and the logic of theistic arguments. Distinguishing between the project of natural theology and particular models of natural theology, Sudduth argues that none of the main Reformed objections is successful as an objection to the project of natural theology itself. One particular model of natural theology - the dogmatic model - is best suited to handle Reformed concerns over natural theology. According to this model, rational theistic arguments represent the reflective reconstruction of the natural knowledge of God by the Christian in the context of dogmatic theology. Informed by both contemporary religious epistemology and the history of Protestant philosophical theology, Sudduth’'s examination illuminates the complex nature of the project of natural theology and its place in the Reformed tradition.

Author : Gary Habermas
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1087778611
Total Pages : 815 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Resurrection, Volume 1 written by Gary Habermas and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2024-01-15 with total page 815 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume of Gary Habermas’s magnum opus, On the Resurrection: Evidences represents the culmination of fifty years of research on the probability of Jesus’s resurrection. Using his “minimal facts argument,” Habermas demonstrates why we ought to trust the biblical and historical testimony of Scripture regarding the resurrection. This book is a must-read for pastors, students, and scholars interested in the historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Author : William Hunt
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793634300
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evil and Many Worlds written by William Hunt and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Evil and Many Worlds: A Free-Will Theodicy, William Hunt presents a unique approach to explaining how God and evil can coexist despite the abundance of moral and natural evils blighting our world, which imply that an omnibenevolent God is unlikely to exist. This theodicy is based upon Huw Everett III's many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, whereby reality is not what it intuitively seems; instead, it is a multiverse comprising a vast number of universes, and we simultaneously exist in many of them. This multiplicity of existence results in a balance of moral good and evil across the multiverse, and through this, the expression of free will—an attribute valued by both persons and God— flourishes. The theodicy explains the coexistence of God and natural evil through the necessity of an evolutionary process that ensures the emergence of free-willed persons. Notwithstanding this universal perspective of Creation, a resurrection possibility would mitigate individual suffering resulting from this divine holistic strategy. Hunt examines this possibility in light of the many-worlds interpretation.

Author : James G. Matlock
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538124807
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Signs of Reincarnation written by James G. Matlock and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Signs of Reincarnation provides the first comprehensive look at the belief in reincarnation and the evidence for past lives from historical records, anthropological studies, and contemporary research. Matlock discusses various ways the evidence may be interpreted and shows that although reincarnation entails a rejection of the materialist notion that consciousness is generated by the brain, it does not require the acceptance of any radically new concepts or the abandonment of well-established findings in mainstream psychology or biology. This book offers students, scholars, and anyone interested in the possibility of reincarnation an essential grounding in beliefs, cases, and theory, while opening doors for future research into the extension of consciousness beyond our present lives.

Author : Trevor Hamilton
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 184540968X
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arthur Balfour's Ghosts written by Trevor Hamilton and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the incredible story of the cross-correspondence automatic writings, described by one leading scholar of the field, Alan Gauld, 'as undoubtedly the most extensive, the most complex and the most puzzling of all ostensible attempts by deceased persons to manifest purpose, and in so doing to fulfil their overriding purpose of proving their survival'. It is an intensely personal and passionate story on so many levels: May Lyttelton trying to convince her lover Arthur Balfour of her continued existence; Myers with indomitable persistence trying to produce evidence to prove survival generally; Gurney and Francis Balfour striving from beyond the grave to influence the birth of children who would work for world peace; Gerald Balfour and his lover Winifred Coombe-Tennant believing that their child, Henry, would be the Messianic leader of this group of children.

Author : Shandon L. Guthrie
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532633041
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gods of this World written by Shandon L. Guthrie and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophers of religion have focused almost exclusively on the existence and nature of God and the nature and destiny of human beings. But these philosophers have been remiss in engaging discussions about the possibility of there being adverse gods of this world (demonic beings) despite being a doctrine that comprises a significant part of the Christian confession. This drought in the literature has left a number of questions unaddressed, including: Hasn’t science buried the demonic? Are there any successful philosophical arguments for the existence of Satan? What kind of being is Satan? Is he the fallen angel of lore? Is it reasonable for Christians to say that demons are purely immaterial spirits? Can demons causally interact with the physical world and its inhabitants? Can demons perform diabolical miracles? Shandon Guthrie broaches new territory beginning with a rigorous defense for the existence of Satan and his cohorts. He then advances and defends a model for how to understand their nature in terms of their ontology and causal powers. No other book has attempted a full-fledged natural diabology on behalf of Christian orthodoxy. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the dark side of Christian theology and metaphysics.

Author : Chad V. Meister
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501324292
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evil: A Guide for the Perplexed written by Chad V. Meister and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evil: A Guide for the Perplexed is a lively examination of the philosophical and theological problems raised by the existence of widespread evil. It explores classic debates around this problem and also engages with more recent ones, from new challenges posed by scientific advances in evolutionary theory, neuroscience, and cosmology, to concerns of climate change and environmental degradation, to questions raised by increasing religious and secular violence. This second edition also contains new chapters and topics such as Jewish, Christian, and Islamic responses to evil and skeptical theism. The result is an even-handed guide to both traditional and contemporary issues raised by the reality and ubiquity of evil.