Anglican theology affirms that the soul survives death and that believers will experience bodily resurrection at the Last Day. The Book of Common Prayer's burial rites and the Thirty-Nine Articles reflect confident belief in the resurrection of the dead and eternal life. The Apostles' and Nicene Creeds, both used in Anglican worship, confess 'the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting.'

Anglican tradition affirms an intermediate state between death and resurrection but has not defined it with the precision of Roman Catholic purgatory doctrine — Article XXII rejects 'the Romish doctrine concerning Purgatory' as 'repugnant to the word of God.' The final state involves both body and soul in eternal life with God. In practice, Anglican views on the afterlife span a wide range, from conservative evangelical certainty to more open theological exploration in progressive Anglican thought.