Questions People Ask 8. Life After Death

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Stephen Davis , Death and After Life (Macmillan, 1989 ). An excellent interfaith discussion of immortality.

John Hick , Death and Eternal Life (Macmillan, 1985 ). A classic treatment of all the issues. Hick argues that this life is one of several universes that we shall slowly progress through.

Dan Cohn-Sherbok & Christopher Lewis , eds., Beyond Death: Theological and Philosophical Reflections on Life After Death (Macmillan, 1995). A highly stimulating set of essays that range widely.

D.Z. Phillips , Death and Immortality (Macmillan, 1970 ). A thought-provoking book that uses a Wittgensteinian analysis of language to re-evaluate our religious language about life after death.

Keith Ward , Holding Fast to God (SPCK, 1962 ). The chapter on immortality is an excellent defence of life after death, written in a lively and amusing way.