Product Description

IMMORTALITY OR RESURRECTION? builds upon the biblical research of the past 50 years and challenges Christians to recover the biblical wholistic view of human nature as an indissoluble unit of body and soul, created, redeemed, and ultimately restored by God. With compelling reasoning, the book unmasks the oldest and possibly the greatest deception of all time, namely, that human beings possess immortal souls that live on forever. The author explains how this deceptive teaching of innate immortality has entered the Christian church and how it has fostered numerous heresies that have done incalculable damage to Christian beliefs and practices.

The book is foreworded by Prof. Clark Pinnock, a leading Evangelical theologian who has served as President of the Evangelical Theological Society. He praises the book as a decisive study which is much needed to combat the persistent but mistaken opinion that the soul is an immortal substance.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #829016 in Books
• Published on: 1997-06-30
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

Review
"...Is an admirably clear survey of the Biblical holistic view of human nature...based upon sound scholarship... -- AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY

...a much needed book in order to combat the persistent but mistaken opinion that the soul is an immortal substance... -- Foreword to IMMORTALITY OR RESURRECTION?

...is a groundbreaking work based on solid biblical exegesis... -- FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY REVIEW

About the Author
My background is rather unique. I was born and brought up in Rome, Italy, a stone-throw from the Vatican wall. For my college education I went to England where he earned a B. A. degree in Theology at Newbold College. From England I came to America for my graduate studies and earned a M. A. and a B. D. degrees at Andrews University Theological Seminary. Upon completing my seminary training in 1964, I went with my wife, Anna, to Ethiopia where I served for five years as Bible and History teacher.

In 1969 I returned to my native city of Rome to study at the prestigious Pontifical Gregorian University, where I was the first non-Catholic to be admitted in over 450 years of its history. At the Gregoriana I spent the next five years working toward a Doctoratus in Church History. I was awarded a gold medal by Pope Paul VI for attaining the academic distinction of summa cum laude for my class-work and dissertation From Sabbath to Sunday.

After completing my doctorate in 1974, I was invited to teach at Andrews University, a Seventh-day Adventist institution located in Berrien Springs, Michigan. For the past 23 years I have served at Andrews University as Professor of Theology and Church History. To be able to pursue more fully my ministry of research into vital Biblical truths, for the past 26 years I have taught only only from January to May of each year. From June to December I am off-teaching so that I can dedicate myself fully to research timely Biblical truths. The result of this ministry has been the publication of 15 volumes which have helped thousands of people around the world to better understand and experience Biblical truths.

Customer Reviews

good even for a 7Th day Adventist
Though I don't endorse Adventist theology, this book was well done. Its chapter on "torment or annhilation" is worth the cost of the whole book. Beware though of his Sabbath Adventist stuff he tries to stuff in there though, and also tries to assume the body of Christ will be on the earth rather than the heavenlies, which of course is not true. Well done though, a very talented writer..

Excellent buy
I discovered this book through author's web site. There he published online one of this book's chapters about hell. He supports the view of annihilation rather than eternal torment. After reading this chapter, I decided to buy the book. [...] This book is a worthwhile buy.