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    [doi] => 10.24204/ejpr.v3i1.382
    [datePublished] => 2011-03-21
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Materialism and the Resurrection: Are the Prospects Improving?

William
Huntington University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v3i1.382

Abstract

In 1999 Dean Zimmerman proposed a “falling elevator model” for a bodily resurrection consistent with materialism. Recently he has defended the model against objections, and a slightly different version has been defended by Timothy O’Connor and Jonathan Jacobs. This article considers both sets of responses, and finds them at best partially successful; a new objection, not previously discussed, is also introduced. It is concluded that the prospects for the falling-elevator model, in either version, are not bright. 

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