In affirming the bodily resurrection, the text appeals to which principle about human nature?

• A. Unity of nature
• B. Dualism
• C. Materialism
• D. Trichotomy

Answer: (A)

Humans are a single, unified nature, and that unity makes bodily resurrection coherent. If a person is one whole being—not a soul detached from a body—then the same individual who dies can be raised with a body and still be the same person. This view preserves personal continuity: the person who lived is the person who is brought to life again in a physical form.

Seeing human nature as a unified whole avoids the complications that come with dividing reality into body and soul, or into body, soul, and spirit. Dualism or trichotomy would require extra steps to explain how the different parts are reunited at resurrection. Materialism denies an immaterial aspect of personhood, which undermines the very possibility of a personal continuation after death in a body.