A Healthier Understanding of the Human with a Richer View of the Soul

What is it about?

In response to the views of N.T. Wright and M.B. Thompson, the article contends that (ordinarily) humans are constituted ('made up') of a united body and soul - a response based on deeper exegesis of Scripture and more precise conceptual thinking.

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Why is it important?

The anemic view(s) of the soul which Wright and Thompson are keen to downplay lead them to pass over a more biblical and conceptually stronger view of the soul that is richer and indeed integral to a healthier understanding of a human. The richer view of the soul the article contends for - as integral to human constitution - has major implications for many kinds of areas: for spirituality and how one relates to God, for thinking about what a person is (and so for ethics [particulary the topics of abortion and euthanasia]), for considering what happens to you after you die, for understanding the relationship of the mind to the body, and for consideration of the spirit world more fully.