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Resurrection:
Theological and Scientific Assessments
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Edited by Ted
Peters, Robert John Russell, and Michael Welker
ISBN
0802805191
Eerdmans
2002
343 pages
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| In this volume first-rate scientists and theologians
from both sides of the Atlantic explore the Christian
concept of bodily resurrection in light of the views of
contemporary science. Whether it be the Easter
resurrection of Jesus or the promised new life of
individual believers, the authors argue that resurrection
must be conceived as “embodied” and that our
bodies cannot exist apart from their worldly environment.
Yet nothing in today’s scientific disciplines
supports the possibility of either bodily resurrection or
the new creation of the universe at large. Cosmology, for
example, only forecasts an end to the universe. If
persons and the cosmos are to rise up anew in the
eschaton, such an event will have to be a willful act of
God. Thus, while modern science can offer aid in
constructing models for picturing what “resurrection
of the body” could mean, the warrant for this belief
must come from distinctly theological resources such as
divine revelation. Christian faith ultimately gains its
strength not from modern science but from God’s
promises.
Bridging such disciplines as physics, biology,
neuroscience, philosophy, biblical studies, and theology,
Resurrection offers fascinating reading to anyone
interested in this vital Christian belief or in the
intersection of faith and scientific thought.
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CONTRIBUTORS:
Jan Assmann
Ernst M. Conradie
Frank Crüsemann
Brian E. Daley, S.J.
Hans-Joachim Eckstein
Dirk Evers
Noreen Herzfeld
Peter Lampe
Detlef B. Linke
Nancey Murphy
Bernd Oberdorfer
Ted Peters
John Polkinghorne
Robert John Russell
Jeffrey P. Schloss
Andreas Schuele
Günter Thomas
Michael Welker
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