Rev. Dr. David Coffey Engages With The Question: Would People Be Religious If They Were Never Going To Die?

David Coffey; Alfred Benney

Rev. Dr. David Coffey Engages With The Question: Would People Be Religious If They Were Never Going To Die?

David Coffey, Alfred Benney

Fairfield University

Marquette University

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Abstract

Would people be religious if they were never going to die?

Rev. David Coffey discusses the question would people be religious if they were never going to die? He explains that the problem of death is an essential question for religions. A religion must deal with the question of death to exist as a religion. He suggests that if death did not exist there would be other questions, but death is a necessary concern for those who claim to be religious.

Original language	American English
Journal	Default journal
State	Published - Jun 14 2002

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities
Religion
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

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