Study Guide
John Hick - In Defense of Immortality

1. Hick describes an argument for the immortality of the soul that has been defended by Plato, Aquinas, and Maritain.  How does this argument go?  What objections do Kant and modern psychologists make to this argument?
2. What is Hick's point in giving the John Smith example?
3. What does Hick's think forms the basis for the Judaic-Christian belief in the immortality of the soul?
4. What is Hick's view of hell?
5. Why does Hick talk about parapsychology?  Does he find conclusive evidence for the immortality of the soul in such phenomena?