Death in the Secular City: A Study of the Notion of Life after Death...

196 Pages·2022·5.647 MB·English

by  Russell Aldwinckle

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Death in the Secular City
First published in 1972 Death in the Secular City grapples with questions like
is resurrection and immortality a meaningful concept in the age of lunar
expedition, what are the appropriate symbols for renewed belief in heaven
etc. in a lucid and forthright manner. Russell Aldwinckle refuses to make his
problem easier by reducing immortality to a present experience in this life
only. The inadequacies of such a view are clearly emphasized in a synthetic
but critical analysis of the views of such men as J.A.T. Robinson, I.T.
Ramsey, David Edwards, Paul Tillich, and Gordon Kaufman. The author
deals with a range of topics that bear on the central theme: philosophical
problems of time, the nature of biblical concepts and of religious language
and symbolism, and the nature and status of man in the light of recent sci-
entific thinking. This gives the book a wide appeal and it will be an inter-
esting read for scholars of theology, philosophy and also for ordinary readers.

Death in the Secular City
A Study of the Notion of Life after Death in
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Russell Aldwinckle
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Death in
the Secular City
A STUDY OF THE NOTION OF LIFE AFTER DEATH
IN CONTEMPORARY THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY
by RUSSELL ALDWINCKLE
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