resurrection
Bone chapels and their strange art
In catacombs, crypts, and ossuaries, I’ve seen the ugliness of death transformed into something beautiful.
Debating the nature of Jesus
A thoughtful book that includes a lively conversation between New Testament scholars Bart Ehrman and Michael Bird
What we think we know about God
“Anyone who thinks he knows the orthodox consensus can always be shown to be wrong,” says David Bentley Hart.
Jesus’ resurrected gut biome
In John’s Gospel we meet a body of flesh and blood. And microbes.
When and where did the resurrected Jesus first appear?
The Bible offers conflicting answers.
Don’t hold on (John 20:1-18)
Christ’s invitation to new life is almost always unfamiliar and surprising, even disconcerting.
What do you want from this story? (Luke 20:27–38)
What do you want Jesus to do or say?
by Kat Banakis
The mystical significance of Jesus’ resurrection
We don’t need to debate the possibility of a reanimated corpse. We need to reimagine our whole understanding of the material world.
Emptying the tombs of the city jail
“There’s a group of people outside,” I said through the intercom, “and they’ve raised money for your bail.”
Messianic protest against the School of the Americas
In Kyle Lambelet’s view, SOA Watch demonstrates the virtues of a messianic politics.
Candida Moss asks what bodily resurrection means
How early Christians thought about bodies and how we do
Jesus’ risen, mutilated body
In Luke’s postresurrection appearances, the disciples have to reckon with the traumatic somatic.
by Ched Myers
The same old debate about the Easter story and whether or not to believe it
Accept the resurrection or don’t. Either way, you’re the boss.
The Easter Maybe people
Some of us church insiders have more in common with the undecided folks than we often say.
Preaching on Easter Sunday isn’t about convincing people
Resurrection isn’t something we explain. It’s something we live and breathe.
Can we revitalize our dying church? Should we?
Four books on congregations in decline, and what pastors can do
After We Die, by Stephen T. Davis
The Nicene Creed concludes with resurrection and eternal life. But, Stephen Davis observes, neither reality can be proved by experience.
reviewed by George Dennis O’Brien
Why Easter means more to me now
There’s a stereotype that we more progressive Christians tend to downplay this stuff: that our interest in Jesus is mostly about his teaching, that if we do talk about something like the resurrection it’s only to debate whether it’s historically plausible. But I’m a lot less interested in evidence for the resurrection than I am in what the thing means. And I have learned, to my surprise and delight, that it actually means more to me now than it once did—before my faith took a bit of a leftward turn.
Hope for hurting bodies
The story goes that God got a body. I’ve often pondered the relationship between incarnation and pain.