Term Definition Detail ExampleRebirth 1. the process of being reincarnated or born again: "the

endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth"•the action of reappearing or starting to flourish or increase after a decline; revival: "the rebirth of a defeated nation"

- Between a series of lifetimes there is a relationship of causality

- Rebirth is caused by ones continuation of mental processes of the dead in new body

- Not identical to previous body; not different person b/c causality relation

- Buddhism- Soul and body change

Reincarnation 1. the belief that the soul, upon death of the body, comes back to earth in another body or form.

2. rebirth of the soul in a new body. 3. a new incarnation or embodiment, as of a person.

- the doctrine of reincarnation, also referred to as transmigration,

- Personal element that travels from one life to the next. This element is called atman in the Hindu religion, jiva in the Jain faith and soul by Gnostic Christianity. Reincarnation assumes identity between the occupant of this body and, when this body dies, the occupant of the following body.

- Hinduism - Jainism - Gnostic Christianity- Sikhs - Soul no change just body

Resurrection 1. the act of rising from the dead. 2. (initial capital letter) the rising of Christ after His

death and burial. 3. (initial capital letter) the rising of the dead on

Judgment Day. 4. the state of those risen from the dead. 5. a rising again, as from decay, disuse, etc.; revival. 6. Christian Science. a rising above mortality through

the understanding of spiritual life as demonstrated by Jesus Christ.

- Christianityo Dead, day of

judgement, jesus judge of dead

- Islam o Day of judgement

- Judaism o resurrection of the

flesh or just the resurrection of the soul or some spiritual body. The first five books of the Tanakh--known as the Torah

Immortality of the soul

Your soul will not die with the body instead it will live on. Examples of this are Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory. Animals have mortal souls meaning when the body dies so does the soul.

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