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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
1
12
PART I: LIFE, DEATH, AND THE CHRISTIAN HOPE
A Short While towards the Sun
13
26
Death and the Believer: The End Is Where We Start From
39
14
Is There Life after Death?
53
18
PART II: DEATH AND IMMORTALITY IN VARIOUS CULTURES
If I Should Die before I Am Awakened: Buddhist Reflections on Death
71
23
A Rose for the Buddha: In Response to David Eckel
94
9
Why People in Stories Choose Mortality When They Could Have Immortality
103
24
PART III: THE PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE AND THE PROBLEM OF IMMORTALITY
The Vague Hope of Immortality
127
13
``This Tablet, Which Itself Will Quickly Perish''
140
15
Metaphorical Immortality: Some Platonic Reflections
155
15
The Meanings of Life
170
19
Author Index
189
2
Subject Index
191