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Religion and Human Nature (Hardcover, New)
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Religion and Human Nature (Hardcover, New)
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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
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