What happens when we die? On what basis are human beings to experience the afterlife – our faith, our actions, or just the verdict of a just and loving God? It’s not a simpe question. Christians have taken three views, and within the three there are different interpretations; resurrection (physical or spiritual body?), purgatory (a cleansing process pre judgement), and continuous soul-life after death (eternal life). St Paul argues strongly for resurrection (1 Corinthians 13) and John for eternal life (chiming with Luke 23:43 ‘today you will be with me in paradise”). A third possibility is a purgatorial state similar to Islam’s barzakh.