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Author’s Abstract

• In the first part of the paper, I argue that Christians should incorporate the theory of reincarnation¹ into their belief system. The problem of the apparent disproportion between finite human sin and infinite punishment in Hell becomes far more tractable against the background of reincarnation.
• In the second part of the paper, I address and answer three objections that may be raised against a Christian theory of reincarnation.
  1. The first objection is based on the role of memory in identity,
  2. The second points to the essential unity of body and soul, and
  3. The third revolves around the suggestion that living multiple lives may more easily lead to damnation than to salvation.