{"product_id":"christian-physicalism-9781498549233","title":"Christian Physicalism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the heels of the advance since the twentieth-century of wholly physicalist accounts of human persons, the influence of materialist ontology is increasingly evident in Christian theologizing. To date, the contemporary literature has tended to focus on anthropological issues (e.g., whether the traditional soul \/ body distinction is viable), with occasional articles treating physicalist accounts of such doctrines as the Incarnation and Resurrection of Jesus cropping up, as well. Interestingly, the literature to date, both for and against this influence, is dominated by philosophers. The present volume is a collection of philosophers and theologians who advance several novel criticisms of this growing trend toward physicalism in Christian theology. The present collection definitively shows that Christian physicalism has some significant philosophical and theological problems. No doubt all philosophical anthropologies have their challenges, but the present volume shows that Christian phy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe authors of this book contend that Christian intellectuals have made an egregiously bad deal in selling their souls in order to make peace with physicalist philosophy and naturalist science. They provide a powerful challenge to the physicalist conglomerate in contemporary thought, and give us a wide range of reasons why we need to recover the full riches of the robust view of human nature assumed in Nicene catholic Christian faith. -- Jerry L. Walls, Houston Baptist University\u003cbr\u003eThroughout church history some of the most innovative Christian philosophy has been occasioned by the need to refute wayward doctrine. Christian Physicalism?: Philosophical Theological Criticisms constitutes another excellent case in point. This book is a tour de force critique of Christian physicalism, featuring an array of interesting and powerful arguments—historical, philosophical, biblical, theological, and even scientific—against the materialist view of human nature. These essays will not be the final round in the debate over Christian physicalism, but they ought to be. -- James S. Spiegel, Taylor University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword Thomas McCall Christian Physicalism? An Introduction  Joshua R. Farris \u0026amp; R. Keith Loftin  1. The Incorporeality of the Soul in Patristic Thought Paul L. Gavrilyuk 2. Christian Physicalism: Against the Medieval Divines Thomas Atkinson 3. Substance Dualism and the Diachronic\/Synchronic Unity of Consciousness J.P. Moreland 4. Christian Physicalism and Our Knowledge of God Angus Menuge 5. Physicalism, Divine Eternality, and Life Everlasting R. Keith Loftin and R.T. Mullins 6. Holy Saturday and Christian Theological Anthropology Jason McMartin 7. Physicalism, the Incarnation, and Holy Saturday: A Conversation with Karl Barth Marc Cortez 8. Physicalist Christology and the Two Sons Worry R.T. Mullins 9. Physicalism and the Death of Christ Charles Taliaferro 10. Christian Materialism Entails Pelagianism Matthew J. Hart 11. Sanctification and Physicalism R. Scott Smith 12. Neuroscience, Spiritual Formation, and Bodily Souls: A Critique of Christian Physicalism Brandon Rickabaugh \u0026amp; C. Stephen Evans  13. Hope for Christian Materialism? Problems of Too Many Thinkers Jonathan J. Loose 14. How to Lose the Intermediate State without Losing Your Soul James T. Turner, Jr. 15. Dismantling Bodily Resurrection Objections to Mind-Body Dualism Brandon Rickabaugh 16. “Absent from the Body . . . Present with the Lord”: Is the Intermediate State Fatal to Physicalism? John W. Cooper 17. Physicalism and Sin Charles Taliaferro 18. Christian Materialism and Christian Ethics: Moral Debt and an Ethic of Life Jonathan J. Loose 19. The Incompatibility of Physicalism with Physics Bruce L. Gordon 20. Reflections on Christian Physicalism by a Veteran Anti-Physicalist Howard Robinson Afterword Gerald O’Collins","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040750076247,"sku":"9781498549233","price":110.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498549233.jpg?v=1750947725","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/christian-physicalism-9781498549233","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}