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Jesus’ Resurrection

Jesus' resurrection is a fascinating microcosm of larger questions about Theism, Jesus' historical life, early Christianity as it related to Judaism and Hellenistic culture, the New Testament, eternal life and Christian theology.

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1.  Reflections and meditations on the Resurrection

These links are simply for those wanting to reflect on Jesus' death and/or resurrection from a Christian perspective, for example during Easter.

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Bitter Journey: The Way of the Cross · Recommended
multimedia following the 'Stations of the Cross': Flash/non-Flash versions, at Beliefnet
Face to Face with God
Kim Hawtrey asks, If you were to come face to face with God, what would you say? And more to the point, what do you expect he would say to you?
Seven Sayings from the Cross
a meditation on Easter, from rejesus.co.uk
The Passion of the Christ
Mel Gibson's film on Jesus death; official site.
2.  Christian academics who focus on Jesus' resurrection
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N. T. Wright
Bishop of Durham, Theologian, Historian
William Lane Craig
Theologian, Philospher
3.  Debating the Resurrection

Debates over the resurrection are something of a tradition between Christians and Atheists.

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Articles: Historical Jesus
Articles by William Lane Craig, mostly on aspects of the Resurrection
Debating links · Onsite
A collection of debating resources
Evidence for the Resurrection
Good example of Josh McDowell's style of argument, not the best thing going around, just the best known
Evidence for the Resurrection of Christ
a webpage apparently providing an outline of Peter Kreeft's Handbook of Christian Apologetics — a Catholic approach to the question
How not to debate
by Jeffery Jay Lowder, of Infidels.org: why atheists have frequently fared worse-than-expected in atheist-Christian debates, from an atheist perspective (and what to do about it).
Internet Infidels Modern Library: Resurrection · Index, Atheist
The best collection of educated atheistic arguments against the resurrection; Carrier and Lowder in particular are excellent
Is There Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus? · PDF
A Debate between William Lane Craig and Bart D. Ehrman; College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, March 28, 2006
Michael Horner vs. Dan Barker
Michael Horner is a Christian philosopher, and Dan Barker a former Christian minister now associated with the Freedom from Religion Foundation; good free-ranging debate incl. direct questioning
Norman Gielser vs. Farrell Till
a bit too brief, but not a bad place to start
The Historical Veracity of the Resurrection Narratives
By Greg Herrick
William Lane Craig: Debates · Index
Craig is the most prominent of Christian academics engaging in debates of this kind. This collection of debates is excellent.
Subtopics in Home > Jesus > Resurrection
  1. Miracles · Are miracles possible, recognizable, credible or significant?
  2. Meaning · Why does it matter whether or not the resurrection occured? What is its significance?
  3. Parallels · How do Jesus death and resurrection relate to other back-from-the-dead tales of the ancient world? How is this similar and different? · [1]
  4. Crucifixion · If Jesus was crucified, what are the odds that he survived? · [3]
  5. Accounts · The gospels are the primary accounts of Jesus life.  Could they be fictitious?  Who wrote them and when?  Were they later rewritten?  Are they inspired? · [1]
  6. Appearances · People genuinely believed that Jesus had appeared to them, and persuaded others of this
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