The Resurrection of God Incarnate

Whether or not Jesus rose bodily from the dead is perhaps the most critical and contentious issue in the study of Christianity. Richard Swinburne argues for a wider approach, asking instead whether the character of God and the life of Jesus support the probability of the Resurrection.

Swinburne's book is densely argued. He writes with great clarity, explaining carefully any technical language that he uses. This book often demands close attention from the reader, but it remains accessible. It's argument is breathtaking in its simplicity and scope, and it offers point after point which preachers and teachers might use as pegs on which to hang expository material in sermons or in other contexts ... this book is an outstanding tour de force which offers much to those who would proclaim the resurrection today.

Zusammenfassung
Whether or not Jesus rose bodily from the dead remains perhaps the most critical and contentious issue in Christianity. Until now, argument has centred upon the veracity of explicit New Testament accounts of the events following Jesus's crucifixion, often ending in deadlock. In Richard Swinburne's new approach, though, ascertaining the probable truth of the Resurrection requires a much broader approach to the nature of God and to the life and teaching of Jesus. The Resurrection can only have occurred if God intervened in history to raise to life a man dead for thirty six hours. It is therefore crucial not only to weigh the evidence of natural theology for the existence of a God who has some reason so to intervene, but also to discover whether the life and teaching of Jesus show him to be uniquely the kind of person whom God would have raised. Swinburne argues that God has reason to interfere in history by becoming incarnate, and that it is highly improbable that we would find the evidence we do for the life and teaching of Jesus, as well as the evidence from witnesses to his empty tomb and later appearances, if Jesus was not God incarnate and did not rise from the dead. The Resurrection of God Incarnate offers a clear and penetrating new perspective on Christianity's central mystery. It will be of great interest to philosophers, theologians, and all those trying to discover the truth about the Christian religion.

Inhalt
Preface
Introduction
Part I: General Background Evidence
1: Principles for weighing evidence
2: God's reasons for Incarnation
3: The life required of an incarnate God
Part II: Prior Historical Evidence
4: The Historical Sources
5: The life and moral teaching of Jesus
6: Jesus implied his divinity
7: Jesus taught his atonement
8: Jesus founded a church
Part III: Posterior Historical Evidence
9: The appearance of the risen Jesus
10: The empty tomb, and the observance of Sunday
11: Rival theories of what happened
12: The significance of the Resurrection
Part IV: Conclusion
13: The Balance of Probability
Appendix: Formalizing the argument
Index

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