Rev. Dr. Emilie M. Townes Engages with the Question: Would We Be Religious if We Were Never Going to Die?

Emilie M. Townes; Alfred Benney

Rev. Dr. Emilie M. Townes Engages with the Question: Would We Be Religious if We Were Never Going to Die?

Emilie M. Townes
, Alfred Benney

Fairfield University

Yale University

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Abstract

Would we be religious if we were never going to die?

Professor Townes asserts that religion is much more than a discussion on life and death. It is also a concern with those things about which we are passionate. For her, immortality would not prevent us from being religious.

Original language	American English
Journal	Default journal
State	Published - Jun 21 2000

Disciplines

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

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