Can the Soul be Saved?

I am still searching for the soul (or a better understanding of it). Came across Direction, a Mennonite Brethren Forum magazine which has a special issue Fall 2008 devoted to Can the Soul be Saved?

Can the Soul Be Saved?

From the Editor: Can the Soul Be Saved?	Vic Froese	166-7
Paul on the Human Being as a “Psychic Body”: Neither Dualist nor Monist	Gordon Zerbe	168-84
Is the Search for the Anabaptist Soul a Dead End? Historic Anabaptism Meets Nancey Murphy’s Nonreductive Physicalism	Terry G. Hiebert	185-200
I’m a Soul, Man: One Psychologist’s Reflection on Human Nature	Delmar B. Epp	201-14
Nancey Murphy’s Bodies and Souls, or Spirited Bodies? A Review Essay	Wendy J. Miller	215-22
Resurrection of the Body or Immortality of the Soul? Some Personal Reflections	Dan Epp-Tiessen	223-27
An Invitation to an Intimate and Transformative Relationship with God (Jeremiah 31:15-22)	Laura Neufeld	228-37

Some good thoughts here,

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Theology and Neuroscience: What is the Soul?

I have been thinking about the nature of the human soul especially in the light of the recent scientific advances of neuroscience. I came across Michael Sheiser's interesting blog named The Naked Bible. With a name like that, how can I resist?

Here are some interesting thoughts Michael has on the body-soul

Biblical Anthropology and the Mind-Body Debate, Part 1
Biblical Anthropology and the Mind-Body Debate, Part 2
Biblical Anthropology and the Mind-Body Debate, Part 3

read also his

Biblical Anthropology Posts

The discussion focused on this issue:

In terms of biblical theology, is a human being composed of two parts (flesh/body + immaterial soul) or three parts (flesh/body + soul + spirit)?

Here are the posts in order:

Biblical Anthropology: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, and Part 7

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