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Religion and Human Nature

Keith Ward
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      Continuing Keith Ward's series on comparative religion, this book deals with religious views of human nature and destiny. The beliefs of six major traditions are presented: the view of Advaita Vedanta that there is one Supreme Self, unfolding into the illusion of individual existence; the Vaishnava belief that there is an infinite number of souls, whose destiny is to be released from material embodiment; the Buddhist view that there is no eternal Self; the Abrahamic belief that persons are essentially embodied souls; and the materialistic position that persons are complex material organisms. Indian ideas of rebirth, karma, and liberation from samsara are critically analysed and compared with semitic belief in the intermediate state of Sheol, Purgatory or Paradise, the Final Judgement and the resurrection of the body. The impact of scientific theories of cosmic and biological evolution on religious beliefs is assessed, and a form of "soft emergent materialism" is defended, with regard to the soul. In this context, a Christian doctrine of original sin and atonement is presented, stressing the idea of soterial, as opposed to forensic, justice. The book is intended for students and sch
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Keith Ward EAN: 9780198269656 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 461 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 1998-11-19 CITY: GENRE: RELIGION / Comparative Religion, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General WIDTH: 138 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Nature and existence of God and of the Divine, Theology

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      Continuing Keith Ward's series on comparative religion, this book deals with religious views of human nature and destiny. The beliefs of six major traditions are presented: the view of Advaita Vedanta that there is one Supreme Self, unfolding into the illusion of individual existence; the Vaishnava belief that there is an infinite number of souls, whose destiny is to be released from material embodiment; the Buddhist view that there is no eternal Self; the Abrahamic belief that persons are essentially embodied souls; and the materialistic position that persons are complex material organisms. Indian ideas of rebirth, karma, and liberation from samsara are critically analysed and compared with semitic belief in the intermediate state of Sheol, Purgatory or Paradise, the Final Judgement and the resurrection of the body. The impact of scientific theories of cosmic and biological evolution on religious beliefs is assessed, and a form of "soft emergent materialism" is defended, with regard to the soul. In this context, a Christian doctrine of original sin and atonement is presented, stressing the idea of soterial, as opposed to forensic, justice. The book is intended for students and sch
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Keith Ward EAN: 9780198269656 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 461 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 1998-11-19 CITY: GENRE: RELIGION / Comparative Religion, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General WIDTH: 138 cm SPINE:

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      Nature and existence of God and of the Divine, Theology

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