If I should die /
If I should die /
edited by Leroy S. Rouner.
- Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2001.
- xvii, 192 p. ; 24 cm.
- Boston University studies in philosophy and religion ; v. 22 .
- Boston University studies in philosophy and religion ; v. 22. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
A short while towards the sun / Rita Rainsford Rouner -- Death and the believer : the end is where we start from / Peter John Gomes -- Is there life after death? / Jürgen Moltmann -- If I should die before I am awakened : Buddhist reflections on death / Malcolm David Eckel -- A rose for the Buddha : in response to David Eckel / Brian W. Jorgensen -- Why people in stories choose mortality when they could have immortality / Wendy Doniger -- The vague hope of immortality / John Lachs -- "This tablet, which itself will quickly perish" / Aaron V. Garrett -- Metaphorical immortality : some Platonic reflections / David L. Roochnik -- The meanings of life / David Schmidtz.
"The contributors to If I Should Die offer the reader compelling personal, philosophical, and historical views on questions about death."--BOOK JACKET.
0268031606 (alk. paper) 9780268031602 (alk. paper) 0268031614 9780268031619
00011593
Death--Religious aspects.
Immortality (Philosophy)
BL504 / .I3 2001
237 ROUI
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
A short while towards the sun / Rita Rainsford Rouner -- Death and the believer : the end is where we start from / Peter John Gomes -- Is there life after death? / Jürgen Moltmann -- If I should die before I am awakened : Buddhist reflections on death / Malcolm David Eckel -- A rose for the Buddha : in response to David Eckel / Brian W. Jorgensen -- Why people in stories choose mortality when they could have immortality / Wendy Doniger -- The vague hope of immortality / John Lachs -- "This tablet, which itself will quickly perish" / Aaron V. Garrett -- Metaphorical immortality : some Platonic reflections / David L. Roochnik -- The meanings of life / David Schmidtz.
"The contributors to If I Should Die offer the reader compelling personal, philosophical, and historical views on questions about death."--BOOK JACKET.
0268031606 (alk. paper) 9780268031602 (alk. paper) 0268031614 9780268031619
00011593
Death--Religious aspects.
Immortality (Philosophy)
BL504 / .I3 2001
237 ROUI