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  2. Soul-Body Dualism and Science

    This entry begins with a consideration of what a soul is and whether it is reasonable to believe in its existence. It then looks at what, if anything, the Bible teaches about the existence of the soul, and whether there are non-biblical reasons for believing in the soul’s existence. Some bibl...
    Author
    Stewart Goetz
    Faith tradition
    Christianity
    Topics
    Philosophy and science

  3. Substance Dualist Theological Anthropology

    This article explores a conception of the human from a substantival perspective of the wider Christian tradition. After a general survey of substance dualist theological anthropology, the article focuses on the interplay between human constitution and the imago Dei (image of God). By focusi...
    Author
    Joshua Farris
    Faith tradition
    Christianity
    Topics
    Being and existence

  4. Purgatory in Historical Perspective

    Purgatory is a place, state, or stage in the Christian afterlife where, after death, the soul is purged of minor, unexpiated sin so that it can be fit for heaven. ‘Purgatory’ derives from the Latin purgare (to purge) and hence as the noun purgatorium it is a place of purgation and purific...
    Author
    Isabel Moreira
    Faith tradition
    Christianity
    Topics
    Being and existence

  5. Theology and Psychiatry

    Theology and psychiatry have a common concern with the human mind or soul, but very different histories of how they have understood and investigated their respective interests. Christian theology, which we might refer to here as the ‘science of God’, has developed over a period of two thous...
    Author
    Christopher C. H. Cook
    Faith tradition
    Christianity
    Topics
    Philosophy and science

  6. Image of God (Imago Dei)

    Imago Dei is a key concept in theological anthropology. This article examines its biblical use in Genesis and in the writings of Paul. In both cases, a crucial question is whether the image of God refers to aspects of human existence or to a reality in God in which humans participate. Furth...
    Author
    Peter Søes
    Faith tradition
    Christianity
    Topics
    Being and existence

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