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To analyze early and Reformation-era Christian views on afterlife and personal identity, focusing on resurrectionism.

May 31, 2026Open Access

Resurrectionism and the Bodily Criterion of Personal Identity from Early to Reformation-Era Christianity

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To analyze early and Reformation-era Christian views on afterlife and personal identity, focusing on resurrectionism.
Critique of Mark Johnston's views on afterlife in 'Surviving Death'.
Historical analysis of early Reformed Christian beliefs.
Exploration of Jewish influences on Christian resurrection thought.
Early Reformed Christians advocate for a bodily criterion of personal identity.
Jewish divisions contribute to differing afterlife beliefs in early Christianity.
Christian resurrectionism is presented as a coherent belief system, though its truth remains debated.

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The paper explores the belief in a physical afterlife in early Reformation-era Christianity, indicating its coherence and significance.

Michael J. Sigrist (2021) studied this question.

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