should christians or muslims be dualists? a critical review of two articles

Charles taliaferro's philosophy of mind and the christian begins with a loaded question: are we thoroughly physical beings, or do we contain some nonphysical part, something we may call a soul, spirit, or mind? the question presents us with a false dilemma, for there is also the possibility that we are neither merely material beings nor do we contain a soul as a nonphysical part of us. taliaferro follows this with a list of other questions pertaining to the philosophy of mind and asks whether christians should give answers to these sorts of questions that differ from non-christian colleagues. it seems odd to divide colleagues based on christianity with regard to these questions, for it means that if the christian colleagues do have a particular take on these issues, it will be different from that of non-christian theistic colleagues. perhaps, however, taliaferro's department consists only of christians and atheists. in this case, however, taliaferro seems to think that there will be a uniformity in christian thought that seems somewhat doubtful.