New York Times, Did Jesus Rise From the Dead? A Debate.:
A Christian atheist [Bart Ehrman (North Carolina)] joins Ross Douthat.
Did Jesus actually rise from the dead? Heal the sick? Turn water into wine?
How close do the Gospel stories take us to what really happened at the beginning of Christianity?
This is one of the world’s great religious debates and one of its most intense historical detective stories, and my guest this week has spent his career as a leading participant, joining the skeptical side as a New Testament scholar after growing up as a believing Christian.
His latest book is called “Love Thy Stranger.” It describes how Jesus’ teaching reshaped the moral conscience of the West — and it proves its own point, you might say, since the author is an agnostic who is urging people to listen more carefully to Jesus.
- New York Times (Ross Douthat & Bart Ehrman), How Jesus Altered the World’s Conscience
- New York Times (P.G. Sittenfeld), Resurrection Is Everywhere
- Pope Leo XIV, Easter Mass Homily
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