Consciousness and Life After Death? | Judith Wolfe

Life after death is explored in the context of diverse theories of consciousness, from strict Materialism/Physicalism to those of ancient wisdom traditions. We explore the view that the haunting and deeply personal question of life after death relates to theories of consciousness.

Judith Wolfe is Professor of Philosophical Theology at the University of St. Andrews, and editor of the Oxford Studies in Philosophical Theology. She researches and teaches in systematic and philosophical theology, as well as in theology and the arts. Her overarching research interest is in eschatology, i.e. the study of the “last things,” and its significance within theology, as well as within epistemology, anthropology, and ontology more generally.

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