Brief Summary: Life After Death

People from all over the world believe in some form of resurrection or a life after. This religious doctrine has mandated our lives and guide our religious experiences. No one wants to think about what might happen after death. That after we die all the suffering and the hard work we have done will vanish only to be in the memories to a few. Life is so fleeting but death is permanent. This though has brought a lot of people to religion because they are promised a life after death. When I was part of my evangelism team, I remember they would always tell me to emphasise that those who do not believe will burn in hell and suffer for all eternity but those who accept the gift and the spirit of God will live forever in happiness. This is exactly what NT Wright in his book Hope tries to dismantle. The idea of the life after death, is it really as cut and dry as it may seem? Or is this just what we have been conditioned to believe because of the lack of clarity in the bible on life after death. This idea of the afterlife has brought in a lot of people to christ and has paved the way to our faith …show more content…
Not just an afterlife but what we believe in also effect us an individual. This is a well-written book that provides many views to life ultimate question and that is what happens after death. Wright states that there is a bodily resurrection and that is the meaning of resurrection. Jesus was resurrected in the flesh and so resurrection is not just your soul that is taken to heaven but when the time come to our body will also resurrect with us. I really like this view it was interesting to read his book. It brought a new perspective on a topic that is not normally talked about in the Christian community with clarity. Even within the Christian community there seems to be a division of faith and belief on the topic of the life after