Death as Material Kenosis: A Thomistic Proposal

Heythrop Journal 61 (2):327-346 (2020)
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Abstract

This paper explores the possibility of developing a new understanding of the traditional notion of human death as the separation of soul and body by relying on the resources of St Thomas’s hylomorphism. It therefore develops the concept of material kenosis, showing in what way the Thomistic understanding of death should be broadened beyond the mere understanding of it as substantial change. The paper concludes by suggesting that this view of human death supplements St Thomas’s interpretation of the notion of Divine kenosis in Philippians 2:7.

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Marco Stango
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