The Resurrection An Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Resurrection of Jesus

by Davis, Stephen T.; Kendall, Daniel; O'Collins, Gerald

• ISBN13: 9780198269854
• ISBN10: 0198269854
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-14
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

'encourages further reflections on the mystery which lies at the heart of our faith.' Catholic Herald 'Here, in these essays, we have Christian theology at its best, intellectually demanding and engaged with issues of central importance - a good combination.' The Tablet This collection of papers is an international, ecumenical, and interdisciplinary study of Jesus' Resurrection that has emerged from the 'Resurrection Summit' meeting held in New York at Easter 1996. The contributions represent mainstream scholarship on biblical studies, fundamental theology,systematic theology, philosophy, moral theology, and homiletics, and combine to offer a timely, wide-ranging, and well-balanced work on the central truth of Christianity.

Author Biography

Gerald O'Collins is Professor of Theology at the Gregorian University in Rome. Father O'Collins is the author of over thirty books, including Christology: A Biographical, Historical, and Systematic Study of Jesus Christ (OUP 1995). Stephen T. Davis is Professor of the Philosophy of Religion at Claremont McKenna College. Daniel Kendall is Professor of Theology at the University of San Francisco.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Abbreviations	p. xv
Participants in the Resurrection Summit: (Easter 1996, New York)	p. xviii
A Summit Observed	p. 1
The Resurrection: The State of the Questions	p. 5
Response by Peter F. Carnley	p. 29
Resurrection and the New Jerusalem	p. 41
Resurrection as Glory: Divine Presence and Christian Origins	p. 59
Life After Death: The Social Sources	p. 90
'Seeing' the Risen Jesus	p. 126
Biblical Criticism and the Resurrection	p. 148
Response by Sarah Coakley	p. 184
Evidence for the Resurrection	p. 191
The Resurrection of Jesus and Roman Catholic Fundamental Theology	p. 213
John Dominic Crossan on the Resurrection of Jesus	p. 249
Response by Paul Rhodes Eddy	p. 272
Advice for Religious Historians: On the Myth of a Purely Historical Jesus	p. 287
The Preaching of the Resurrection of Christ in Augustine, Luther, Barth, and Thielicke	p. 308
Transformation Ethics: The Moral Implications of the Resurrection	p. 339
Index of Names	p. 361
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