Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago

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0:00 Introduction

0:41 What is the doctrine of the resurrection of the body?

2:17 What is a temporal gap?

05:20 What is the first objection to a temporal gap that you discuss in the chapter?

08:56 What do you think resurrection by reassembly fails as a response to this objection?

16:20 How do you respond to the first objection to a temporal gap?

21:29 What are some of the conditions philosophers have in mind?

25:29 Why should anyone want there to be a resurrection of the body?

I am joined by Dr. Trenton Merricks, a professor of philosophy at the University of Virginia. We discuss his chapter, "The Resurrection of the Body" in the Oxford Handbook of Philosophical Theology.

You can read this chapter for free at the link below.
andrewmbailey.com/papers/Trenton%20Merricks/Oxford-Handbk-Resurrection.pdf

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