Resurrection: Faith or Fact? A Scholars' Debate Between a Skeptic and a Christian

by Stecher, Carl; Blomberg, Craig L.; Carrier, Richard; Williams, Peter S.

• ISBN13: 9781634311748
• ISBN10: 1634311744
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2019-04-16
• Publisher: Pitchstone Publishing

Summary

Is there enough evidence to believe Jesus rose from the dead, or must such a judgment be based only on faith? Can the resurrection story be considered a fact of history, or should it be viewed as an ahistorical account? Two renowned professors, atheist Carl Stecher and Christian Craig Blomberg, engage in a groundbreaking new debate on these very questions. Other experts on the resurrection, atheist Richard Carrier and Christian Peter S. Williams, comment on the outcome. Presenting new approaches to these centuries-old questions and taking into account the latest scholarly research, Resurrection: Faith or Fact? is a must-have not only for all those following the resurrection question—but also for those skeptics and Christians alike who are interested in determining for themselves the truth behind this foundational doctrine of the Christian faith.

Author Biography

Carl Stecher is a professor emeritus at Salem State University, a recipient of a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, and a frequently published voice on the topics of educational policy and religion. Craig L. Blomberg is Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Denver Seminary in Littleton, Colorado and author of 25 books. He holds a Ph.D. in New Testament from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Richard Carrier is the author of Sense and Goodness without God, On the Historicity of Jesus, The Scientist in the Early Roman Empire, and many other publications. Peter S. Williams is an assistant professor at Gimlekollen School of Journalism and Communication, NLA University, Norway.