The Christian belief in immortality in the light of modern thought
By: by James H. Snowden
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Published: 1925
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Immortality
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: The need of reexamining the question; title: What is the Christian belief in immortality?; title: What is modern thought?; title: The method and results of our study; title: 2. Modern views of the universe; title: The vastness of the universe; title: The universality of law; title: The theory of evolution; title: The concepts of philosophy; title: Analogies in nature; title: 3. The most powerful objection to immortality; title: The dependence of the soul on the body; title: The body as a means to the soul; title: The architectonic power of the mind; title: The body as the inlet if the soul; title: The power of the soul over the body; title: Is the soul ever disembodied?; title: 4. Natural grounds of belief in immortality; title: The soul as reality in itself; title: The conservation of reality; title: Personality: its nature, worth and power; title: The permanence of personality; title: Abnormal psychology; title: The special worth of great souls; title: 5. Religious grounds of immortality; title: The religious nature of man; title: The fatherhood of God; title: The instinct of the heart; title: The incompleteness of the soul; title: The incompleteness of the world; title: Prophetic elements of life; title: 6. The Christian grounds of belief in immortality; title: Modern views of the Bible; title: The teaching of Christ; title: the character of Christ; title: The divinity of Christ; title: The resurrection of Christ; title: Christ and immortality; title: 7. Eternal life; title: The voice of science; title: The voice of revelation; title: Eternal life a timeless relation; title: 8. Pragmatic tests and confirmations; title: Does it win the assent of scientific man?; title: Is it confirmed by the spirit communications?; title: Has it stood the test of the Great War?; title: Has it practical value in daily life?; title: The alternatives of immortality?