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Resurrection - rĕzˌərĕkˈshən [Lat.,=rising again], arising again from death to life. The emergence of Jesus from the tomb to live on earth again for 40 days as told in the Gospels has been from the beginning the central fact of Christian experience and a cardinal feature of Christian doctrine (Mat. 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20; Acts

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The Resurrection of Jesus Christ: Some Contemporary Issues » Read Now
by Gerald O'Collins. 50 pgs.

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The Resurrection: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Resurrection of Jesus » Read Now
by Stephen T. Davis, Daniel Kendall, Gerald O'Collins. 368 pgs.

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This exciting collection of papers is an international, ecumenical, and interdisciplinary study of Jesus' resurrection that emerged from the "Resurrection Summit" meeting held in New York at Easter of 1996. The contributions represent mainstream scholarship on biblical studies, fundamental theology...
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This exciting collection of papers is an international, ecumenical, and interdisciplinary study of Jesus' resurrection that emerged from the "Resurrection Summit" meeting held in New York at Easter of 1996. The contributions represent mainstream scholarship on biblical studies, fundamental theology, systematic theology, philosophy, moral theology, and homiletics. Contributors represent a wide range of viewpoints and denominations and include Richard Swinburne, Janet Martin Soskice, Peter F. Carnley, Sarah Coakley, Willian Lane Craig, William P. Alston, M. Shawn Copeland, Paul Rhodes Eddy, Francis Schussler Fiorenza, Brian V. Johnstone, Carey C. Newman, Alan G. Padgett, Pheme Perkins, Alan F. Segal, Marguerite Shuster, and John Wilkins. Combined, they offer a timely, wide ranging, and well balanced work on the central truth of Christianity.
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Guide to the Christian Faith: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine (Chap. 8 "Doctrine of the Resurrection") » Read Now
by William A. Spurrier. 242 pgs.

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Bodily Resurrection in Catholic Perspectives, in Theological Studies » Read Now
by Bernard P. Prusak. 42 pgs.

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Hegel and Christian Theology: A Reading of the Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion (Chap. 8 "Christ and Reconciliation") » Read Now
by Peter C. Hodgson. 308 pgs.

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The Possibility of Resurrection and Other Essays in Christian Apologetic » Read Now
by Peter van Inwagen. 120 pgs.

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In this collection of classic essays, Peter van Inwagen, a philosopher who converted to Christianity at the age of forty, attempts to answer philosophical objections to Christianity. The writings include reflections on the charge that religious belief is belief that is unsupported by evidence, on...
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In this collection of classic essays, Peter van Inwagen, a philosopher who converted to Christianity at the age of forty, attempts to answer philosophical objections to Christianity. The writings include reflections on the charge that religious belief is belief that is unsupported by evidence, on arguments that purport to show that the doctrine of resurrection is metaphysically impossible, on the problem of evil, & on Hume's famous argument against belief in miracles. Contents: Quam Dilecta. "It Is Wrong, Everywhere, Always, & for Anyone, to Believe Anything upon Insufficient Evidence." The Possibility of Resurrection. Dualism & Materialism: Athens & Jerusalem? Probability & Evil. Of "Of Miracles." A review of Without Proof or Evidence: Essays of O. K. Bouwsma, edited & with an introduction by J. L. Craft & Ronald E. Hustwit. A review of Universes, by John Leslie.
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Understanding the Fourth Gospel (Chap. 13 "Passion and Resurrection") » Read Now
by John Ashton. 604 pgs.

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The first comprehensive study of St. John's Gospel in forty years, this book provides new and coherent answers to what Rudolf Baltmann regarded as the two great riddles of the Gospel: its position in the history of Christian thought, and its central or governing idea. Ashton provides translations of...
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The first comprehensive study of St. John's Gospel in forty years, this book provides new and coherent answers to what Rudolf Baltmann regarded as the two great riddles of the Gospel: its position in the history of Christian thought, and its central or governing idea. Ashton provides translations of all non-English quotations, and confines detailed exegetical arguments and intricate questions of specialized concern to the footnotes, therein making Understanding the Fourth Gospel an accessible study of the Gospel for the general reader.
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Understanding Catholicism (Chap. 6 "The Resurrection, Foundation for Our Hope") » Read Now
by Monika K. Hellwig. 200 pgs.

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Rediscovering the Bible (Chap. 9 "The Power of His Resurrection") » Read Now
by Bernhard W. Anderson. 274 pgs.

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The Evidence for Jesus (Chap. 3 "What Did the First Christians Believe about the Resurrection?") » Read Now
by James D. G. Dunn. 113 pgs.

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Eternal Hope (Chap. Fifteen "The Resurrection") » Read Now
by Emil Brunner. 232 pgs.

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God and Other Spirits: Intimations of Transcendence in Christian Experience (Chap. 2 "Judeo-Christian Experience of the Holy") » Read Now
by Phillip H. Wiebe. 259 pgs.

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Many people believe in angels and evil spirits, and popular culture abounds in talk about encounters with such entities. Yet the question of the existence of such spirits is ignored in the academy. Even the Christian Church, which one might expect to show keen interest in transcendent realities...
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Many people believe in angels and evil spirits, and popular culture abounds in talk about encounters with such entities. Yet the question of the existence of such spirits is ignored in the academy. Even the Christian Church, which one might expect to show keen interest in transcendent realities, does not appear to be paying much attention. In this book Phillip Wiebe defends the plausibility of the traditional Christian claim that spirits are real. Wiebe examines descriptions of encounters with both good and evil transcendent beings in biblical times and in later Christian history, along with recent accounts of similar experiences. He argues that invisible beings can be postulated to explain events just as unobservable objects are postulated in many scientific theories. Beyond supporting claims for the existence of lesser spirits such as demons and angels, this empirical approach yields important results for assessing common arguments surrounding the existence of God - a question that has become artificially separated from the question of spirits as such. Grounding his argument in a wide range of phenomena - from near death experiences to demonic possession - Wiebe offers a sophisticated case for belief in God on philosophical and epistemological grounds.
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Jesus, God and Man » Read Now
by Wolfhart Pannenberg, Duane A. Priebe, Lewis L. Wilkins. 428 pgs.

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Resurrection and the Costs of Evolution: A Dialogue with Rahner on Noninterventionist Theology, in Theological Studies » Read Now
by Denis Edwards. 18 pgs.

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The Earliest Records of Jesus: A Companion to the Synopsis of the First Three Gospels ("The Question concerning the Resurrection" begins on p. 212, and "The Post-Resurrection Narratives" begins on p. 243) » Read Now
by Francis Wright Beare, Albert Huck . 258 pgs.

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Hermes and Athena: Biblical Exegesis and Philosophical Theology (Part III "Philosophy and Biblical Studies on the Empty Tomb") » Read Now
by Eleonore Stump, Thomas P. Flint. 332 pgs.

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