Resurrection

• what are the 2 hebrew words used for soul

  nephesh and ruach
• what is the word nephesh often linked with

  'heart' thought of as the seat of the will
• what were the 2 spheres of reality according to Plato

  • imperfect world - where humans live
  • the world of Forms
• what is forms


  Plato's theory that everything in the physical universe is a particular and imperfect instance of a perfect idea in the metaphysical world of Forms
• what is the greek thinking

  the body perishes at death but the soul is immortal and

  so after death is returned to the world of Forms before experiencing reincarnation
• what is the dualism way of thinking

  the soul is given by God before birth, and after death is returned to God

  many Christians think of the soul as the moral and spiritual dimension of human life
• dualistic


  means the soul is thought as a totally separate entity from the body, from which it separates at death
• how do some modern day Christians see humans

  see in a holistic sense

  the physical and mental/spiritual dimensions being inextricably linked and both perishing at death
• reincarnation


  belief that at death, the soul is separated from the body and is re-enfleshed into another body
• why is belief in Jesus' resurrection central for the Christian faith

  • forms basis of hope for life after death
  • paul expressed the pointlessness of life and faith if the resurrection was not real
  • all 4 gospels say the tomb was empty - have accounts of Jesus appearing after, he was the same yet different
  • it was a unique event - jesus conquered death allowing eternal life for humans
• John 3:16


   For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life
• what does Augustine believe about the fall


  it affected the whole of humanity not just adam and eve
• in what denomination can you see Augustine's thinking of resurrection

  catholic
• what did Augustine think about physical resurrection

  both spiritual and physical effects of sin would be erased

  guilt will be healed, what went wrong in life will be healed
• what did Augustine think about what Christ's death meant

  achieved atonement - at one with Christ

  provides bridge so that humans can have a relationship with god - aim to achieve atonement
• how can the life cycle of a butterfly explain the idea of spiritual resurrection

  each stage of the cycle is physically different, but the essential identity is the same

  same soul (essence) in heaven but without physical body