About the Author: Luke Jeffrey Jansen is a professor of medicine at McMaster University with a PhD in medical science and a master’s degree in theological studies. He is the author of over 150 scientific and theological publications, and blogs regularly on the subject of faith and science at lukejjanssen.wordpress.com. Chapter 1: Introduction The first chapter of the book … [Read more...]
Book Review
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BOOK REVIEW “Divine Bodies: resurrecting perfection in the New Testament and Early Christianity” By Candida Moss
About the Author: Candida R. Moss is a graduate of Oxford and Yale universities, and she specialises in the study of the New Testament and martyrdom in early Christianity. Moss currently works as the Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology in the Department of Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham. She is the author of several other books; The Other Christs: … [Read more...]
Book Review: Immortality or Resurrection: A Biblical study on Human Nature and Destiny By Samuele Bacchiocchi
About the Author: Dr Samuele Bacchiocchi earned degrees in both England and the U.S.A. He is the author of several books and was the professor of church history and theology at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. Bacchiocchi was a Seventh-day Adventist author and theologian whose work contributed to the study of the nature and destiny of … [Read more...]
Book Review: Body, Soul and Life Everlasting: Biblical Anthropology and the Monism-Dualism Debate by John W. Cooper
About the Author: John Cooper is the professor of philosophical theology at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids Michigan.Cooper introduces the topic of Biblical anthropology by stating that at the time of Jesus, there were three views on the nature and destiny of man in general. Firstly, the Sadducees held that death was final, and there was no afterlife at all. … [Read more...]
Aristotle – On the Soul | Book Review
About Aristotle Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who lived from 384-322 BCE. He is known as one of the greatest philosophers of antiquity along with his teacher Plato and Socrates. Aristotle lived in Athens where he established a career and wrote on a multitude of topics. His teacher Plato had established his own understanding of the soul and wrote about it in his book … [Read more...]