{"id":237264,"date":"2026-05-16T10:07:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T15:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/human-mind-in-a-theistic-world"},"modified":"2026-05-16T10:07:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T15:07:26","slug":"human-mind-in-a-theistic-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/human-mind-in-a-theistic-world","title":{"rendered":"Human Mind in a Theistic World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wxU-CQHt5xc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What happens to the human mind if God exists? Louis Caruana argues that mind, soul, and body are not separate entities but dimensions of a single human individual \u2014 challenging both strong dualism and reductive materialism while reframing what could survive death.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Human Mind in a Theistic World.<br \/> 1:22 Mind, Soul, and the Individual.<br \/> 4:33 Theism and Human Dignity.<br \/> 5:17 Why Death Remains Tragic.<br \/> 6:36 Resurrection and the Immortal Soul.<\/p>\n<p>Louis Caruana SJ is a Jesuit priest ordained in 1991 and holds degrees in science, philosophy, and theology. He obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge, and is now Dean of Philosophy at the Gregorian University, Rome, and Research Associate of Heythrop College, University of London.<\/p>\n<p>More from Louis Caruana on Closer To Truth:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/closertotruth.com\/contributor\">https:\/\/closertotruth.com\/contributor<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What happens to the human mind if God exists? Louis Caruana argues that mind, soul, and body are not separate entities but dimensions of a single human individual \u2014 challenging both strong dualism and reductive materialism while reframing what could survive death. 0:00 Human Mind in a Theistic World. 1:22 Mind, Soul, and the Individual. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}