ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses some of the main aspects of John Hick's speculations. Hick's work on death and eternal life has provoked a large amount of critical comment and response. The chapter focuses on the coherence of the idea of survival beyond death. It looks at Hick's perspective on the various positions within the debates about the mind and brain. The chapter also looks at his handling of some of the empirical evidence for the independence of mind from brain suggested by parapsychology. It considers Hick's views about the nature of the disembodied life. The chapter examines Hick's most famous contribution of all in this area - the interpretation of the resurrection body as an 'exact replica' of the person who dies. Hick's work is provocative, and so it explores some possibilities that stem from his thinking. Hick expresses a qualified scepticism about dualism he decides, after analysing the mind/brain identity and the epiphenomenalist theses, that dualism is his preferred option.
