Bodies and Souls, or Spirited Bodies?

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ID23788482
AuthorsNancey Murphy (0000-0002-6358-0941, Fuller Theological Seminary, corresponding author)
Year2006
Publication date2006-01-12
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueBodies and Souls, or Spirited Bodies? (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511802805
OpenAlexW595676390
Open LibraryOL34479565M
ISBN9780511802805
LanguageEN
Citations received34

Are humans composed of a body and a nonmaterial mind or soul, or are we purely physical beings? Opinion is sharply divided over this issue. In this clear and concise book, Nancey Murphy argues for a physicalist account, but one that does not diminish traditional views of humans as rational, moral, and capable of relating to God. This position is motivated not only by developments in science and philosophy, but also by biblical studies and Christian theology. The reader is invited to appreciate the ways in which organisms are more than the sum of their parts. That higher human capacities such as morality, free will, and religious awareness emerge from our neurobiological complexity and develop through our relation to others, to our cultural inheritance, and, most importantly, to God. Murphy addresses the questions of human uniqueness, religious experience, and personal identity before and after bodily resurrection.

Aesthetics · Epistemology · Identity (music) · Metaphysics · Mind–body problem · Morality · Personal identity · Physicalism · Relation (database) · Self · Soul · Medieval Philosophy and Theology · Philosophy · Theology and Philosophy of Evil

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