With Easter upon us this weekend, here is our theology reading list of books that have been helpful for us in understanding the resurrection of Jesus for the life of the church…
1) [easyazon_link identifier=”0800626796″ locale=”US” tag=”douloschristo-20″]The Resurrection of the Son of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God, Vol. 3)[/easyazon_link]
N.T. Wright
*** [easyazon_link identifier=”B00B1VG66E” locale=”US” tag=”douloschristo-20″]This book is only $4.99 for Kindle[/easyazon_link], through the end of April 2017
Why did Christianity begin, and why did it take the shape it did? To answer this question – which any historian must face – renowned New Testament scholar N.T. Wright focuses on the key points: what precisely happened at Easter? What did the early Christians mean when they said that Jesus of Nazareth had been raised from the dead? What can be said today about his belief?
This book, third is Wright’s series Christian Origins and the Question of God, sketches a map of ancient beliefs about life after death, in both the Greco-Roman and Jewish worlds. It then highlights the fact that the early Christians’ belief about the afterlife belonged firmly on the Jewish spectrum, while introducing several new mutations and sharper definitions. This, together with other features of early Christianity, forces the historian to read the Easter narratives in the gospels, not simply as late rationalizations of early Christian spirituality, but as accounts of two actual events: the empty tomb of Jesus and his “appearances.”
[easyazon_link identifier=”0061551821″ locale=”US” tag=”douloschristo-20″]Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church[/easyazon_link], which is a more accessible volume along similar lines.
*** [easyazon_link identifier=”B0010SIPOY” locale=”US” tag=”douloschristo-20″]This book is only $1.99 for Kindle[/easyazon_link] through 24 April 2017.
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