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The relation between life and death is a subject of perennial relevance for all human beings, and indeed, the whole world and the entire universe, in as much as, according to the saying of ancient Greek philosophy, all things that come into being pass away. Yet it is also a topic of increasing complexity, for life and death now appear to be more intertwined than previously or commonly thought. Moreover, the relation between life and death is also one of increasing urgency, as through the twin phenomena of an increase in longevity unprecedented in human history and the rendering of death, dying, and the dead person all but invisible, people living in the industrialized and post-industrialized Western world of today have lost touch with the reality of death. This radically new situation, and predicament, has implications – medical, ethical, economic, philosophical, and, not least, theological – that have barely begun to be addressed. This volume gathers together essays by a distinguished and diverse group of scientists, theologians, philosophers, and health practitioners, originally presented in a symposium sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Preface
Perspectives from Astronomy, Chemistry, and Biology
1: Made of The Origin of the Chemical Elements in Life - Alexei V. Filippenko
2: A Biochemical Perspective on the Origin of Life and Death - Luc Jaeger
Perspective from Anthropology
3: Immortality - Douglas Davies
Perspectives from Philosophy
4: Suffering Death - Emmanuel Falque
5: How Do We Become Fully Alive? The Role of Death in Henry’s Phenom­enology of Life - Christina Gschwandtner
Perspectives from Theology
6: Life and Death in the Age of Martyrdom - John Behr
7: New Life as Life out of Sharing in the “Exchange of Natures” in the Person of Christ - Henry Novello
8: Is There Life before Death? - Conor Cunningham
Perspectives from Medicine and Bioethics
9: The Kenosis of the An Invitation to Healing - Daniel Hinshaw
10: On Medical Corpses and Resurrected Bodies - Jeffrey Bishop
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