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Christians look with hope to the resurrection of the dead and the restoration of all things. But what of those who have already died? Do they also await these things, or have they in some sense already happened for them? Within the Catholic theological community, this question has traditionally been answered in terms of the disembodied souls of human beings awaiting bodily resurrection. Since the 1960s, Catholic theologians have proposed two alternatives: resurrection at death into the Last Day and the consummation of all things, or resurrection in death into an interim state in which the embodied dead await, with us, the final consummation of all things. This book critically examines the Scriptural, philosophical and theological reasons for these alternatives and, on the basis of this analysis, offers an account of the traditional schema which makes clear that in spite of these challenges it remains the preferable option.

Intermediate state --- Intermediate state --- Eschatology --- Soul --- Philosophical anthropology --- Biblical teaching --- Catholic Church --- Doctrines.

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This book explores how Ibn al-'Arabi (1165–1240) used the concept of barzakh (the Limit) to deal with the philosophical problem of the relationship between God and the world, a major concept disputed in ancient and medieval Islamic thought. The term "barzakh" indicates the activity or actor that differentiates between things and that, paradoxically, then provides the context of their unity. Author Salman H. Bashier looks at early thinkers and shows how the synthetic solutions they developed provided the groundwork for Ibn al-'Arabi's unique concept of barzakh. Bashier discusses Ibn al-'Arabi's development of the concept of barzakh ontologically through the notion of the Third Thing and epistemologically through the notion of the Perfect Man, and compares Ibn al-'Arabi's vision with Plato's.

Creation (Islam) --- Creation --- Intermediate state --- Ibn al-ʿArabī, - 1165-1240

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Death (Buddhism) --- Intermediate state --- Buddhism --- Nāḍapāda.

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Buddhism --- Death --- Intermediate state --- Religious life --- Doctrines --- Religious aspects

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Intermediate state --- Islamic eschatology. --- Islam. --- Islam --- Eschatologie --- Barzah --- Eschatologie islamique --- Koran --- Barzaḫ