The doctrine of ‘the resurrection of the same body’ in early modern thought

Strickland, Lloyd (2010) The doctrine of ‘the resurrection of the same body’ in early modern thought. Religious studies, 46 (2). pp. 163-183. ISSN 0034-4125

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Abstract

The Judaeo-Christian belief in the general resurrection has long been troubled by the issue of personal identity, but prior to the advent of such concerns there existed a cognate concern about the identity not of the resurrected person, but of the resurrected person's body. Although this latter issue has exercised scholars of various ages, concern with it was particularly keen in early modern times. In this paper I chart the various ways bodily identity was conceived by early modern thinkers in connection with the resurrection, as well as the key objections their contemporaries developed in response.