Abstract
This article aims to bring some work in contemporary analytic metaphysics to discussions of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. I will show that some unusual claims of the Real Presence doctrine exactly parallel what would be happening in the world if objects were to time-travel in certain ways. Such time-travel would make ordinary objects multiply located, and in the relevantly analogous respects. If it is conceptually coherent that objects behave in this way, we have a model for the behaviour of the Eucharist which shows the doctrine to be coherent, at least with respect to the issues discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 379-389 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Religious Studies |
Volume | 51 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 22 Oct 2014 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2015 |
Keywords
- Real Presence
- Eucharist
- time-travel
- Mereology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Philosophy
- Religious studies