On Two Reasons Christian Theologians Should Reject The Intermediate State

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" On Two Reasons Christian Theologians Should Reject The Intermediate State "
James T. Turner

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1073243
Doc. No	:	LA116872
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15697312-01101023‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	James T. Turner
Title & Author	:	On Two Reasons Christian Theologians Should Reject The Intermediate State [Article]\ James T. Turner
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Reformed Theology
Date	:	2017
Volume/ Issue Number	:	11/1-2
Page No	:	121–139
Abstract	:	Typically, Christian theology includes an understanding of human afterlife consisting of two stages. The first is a disembodied existence as an immaterial being in the time between death and resurrection. Normally, it’s affirmed that some disembodied humans go to Heaven/Paradise between one’s death and resurrection; this is a state I call The Intermediate State. The second stage is the bodily resurrection. In this paper, I focus on The Intermediate State. Though the majority of the Christian tradition affirms it, I think it’s mistaken. To show two reasons why, I argue that a traditional metaphysics of human persons deployed to explicate The Intermediate State brings with it one or the other of at least two untoward consequences for Christian theology.
Descriptor	:	analytic theology
Descriptor	:	Cartesian dualism
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	History of Religion
Descriptor	:	Intermediate State
Descriptor	:	philosophical anthropology
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	resurrection
Descriptor	:	substance dualism
Descriptor	:	theological anthropology
Descriptor	:	Theology and World Christianity
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15697312-01101023‬