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If I should die / edited by Leroy S. Rouner.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Boston University studies in philosophy and religion ; v. 22.Publication details: Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2001.Description: xvii, 192 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0268031606 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0268031614
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 291.23 21 SHO
Contents:
Introduction / Leroy S. Rouner -- Pt. I. Life, Death, and the Christian Hope. A Short While towards the Sun / Rita Rainsford Rouner. Death and the Believer: The End Is Where We Start From / Peter John Gomes. Is There Life after Death? / Jurgen Moltmann -- Pt. II. Death and Immortality in Various Cultures. If I Should Die before I Am Awakened: Buddhist Reflections on Death / Malcolm David Eckel. A Rose for the Buddha: In Response to David Eckel / Brian W. Jorgensen. Why People in Stories Choose Mortality When They Could Have Immortality / Wendy Doniger -- Pt. III. The Philosophy of Life and the Problem of Immortality. The Vague Hope of Immortality / John Lachs. "This Tablet, Which Itself Will Quickly Perish" / Aaron V. Garrett. Metaphorical Immortality: Some Platonic Reflections / David L. Roochnik. The Meanings of Life / David Schmidtz.
Review: "The contributors to If I Should Die offer the reader compelling personal, philosophical, and historical views on questions about death."--BOOK JACKET.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Books Bishop Bukenya Library Open Access / General collection 291.23 SHO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 79403

Includes bibliographical references(P.) and indexes(P. 189-192).

Introduction / Leroy S. Rouner -- Pt. I. Life, Death, and the Christian Hope. A Short While towards the Sun / Rita Rainsford Rouner. Death and the Believer: The End Is Where We Start From / Peter John Gomes. Is There Life after Death? / Jurgen Moltmann -- Pt. II. Death and Immortality in Various Cultures. If I Should Die before I Am Awakened: Buddhist Reflections on Death / Malcolm David Eckel. A Rose for the Buddha: In Response to David Eckel / Brian W. Jorgensen. Why People in Stories Choose Mortality When They Could Have Immortality / Wendy Doniger -- Pt. III. The Philosophy of Life and the Problem of Immortality. The Vague Hope of Immortality / John Lachs. "This Tablet, Which Itself Will Quickly Perish" / Aaron V. Garrett. Metaphorical Immortality: Some Platonic Reflections / David L. Roochnik. The Meanings of Life / David Schmidtz.

"The contributors to If I Should Die offer the reader compelling personal, philosophical, and historical views on questions about death."--BOOK JACKET.

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