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Tables of Contents for If I Should Die
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Contributors
xiii
Introduction
Leroy S. Rouner
1
12
PART I: LIFE, DEATH, AND THE CHRISTIAN HOPE
A Short While towards the Sun
Rita Rainsford Rouner
13
26
Death and the Believer: The End Is Where We Start From
Peter John Gomes
39
14
Is There Life after Death?
Jurgen Moltmann
53
18
PART II: DEATH AND IMMORTALITY IN VARIOUS CULTURES
If I Should Die before I Am Awakened: Buddhist Reflections on Death
Malcolm David Eckel
71
23
A Rose for the Buddha: In Response to David Eckel
Brian W. Jorgensen
94
9
Why People in Stories Choose Mortality When They Could Have Immortality
Wendy Doniger
103
24
PART III: THE PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE AND THE PROBLEM OF IMMORTALITY
The Vague Hope of Immortality
John Lachs
127
13
``This Tablet, Which Itself Will Quickly Perish''
Aaron V. Garrett
140
15
Metaphorical Immortality: Some Platonic Reflections
David L. Roochnik
155
15
The Meanings of Life
David Schmidtz
170
19
Author Index
189
2
Subject Index
191
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