Bodily Resurrection after Death (future life) in the View of Sadr-al Motaa'leen and Stephen T.Davis

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There are not any controversies in the basics of resurrection after death (future life) among theologians, but there are different views about its quality. The truth of human being, the criterion of his personal identity, and the doubts raised by the view of bodily resurrection have caused researchers and thinkers from different schools of thoughts and ideologies to adopt various stands. Of all scholars, Sadr-al Motaa'leen and Stephen T. Davis have a special position. This article depicts different views of these two famous philosophers from the East and West, shows the proximity in their thinking, and presents a critique of their perspectives. As for proximity, both accept the physical and spiritual resurrection after death. However, they approach the subject differently. The difference can be found in the quality. Sadr al-Muta'allehin believes in the physical resurrection from Shari'a point of view, but from the philosophical point of view, he accepts the bodily resurrection in the form of a semi-spiritual being. However, in both respects, Davis claims that the bodily resurrection presents itself only in the form of a physical being. Their philosophical differences are based on the solution of two problems including the human truth and the criterion of his personal identity. According to Sadr al-Muta'allehin, the truth of man is the soul, and the criterion of his personal identity in all worldly and otherworldly affairs is the soul. Davis holds that the truth of man is the material body and the incorporeal soul, and the criterion of his personal identity is both the body and the soul. Finally, this article concludes that man’s resurrection, from both religious and rational points of view, is materialized in the form of both physical and incorporeal beings. 

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