Research Catalog

Title

Investigating the resurrection of Jesus Christ : a new transdisciplinary approach / Andrew Loke.

Author

Loke, Andrew Ter Ern

Publication

• Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
• ©2020

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Details

Description

238 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

"This book provides an original and comprehensive assessment of the hypotheses concerning the origin of resurrection Christology. It fills a gap in the literature by addressing these issues using a transdisciplinary approach involving historical-critical study of the New Testament, theology, analytic philosophy, psychology and comparative religion. Using a novel analytic framework, this book demonstrates that a logically exhaustive list of hypotheses concerning the claims of Jesus' post-mortem appearances and the outcome of Jesus' body can be formulated. It addresses these hypotheses in detail, including sophisticated combinations of hallucination hypothesis with cognitive dissonance; memory distortion; and confirmation bias. Addressing writings from both within and outside of Christianity, it also demonstrates how a comparative religion approach might further illuminate the origins of Christianity. This is a thorough study of arguably the key event in the formation of the Christian faith. As such, it will be of keen interest to theologians, New Testament scholars, philosophers, and scholars of religious studies"--

Series Statement

Routledge new critical thinking in religion, theology and biblical studies

Uniform Title

Routledge new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies.

Subject

• Jesus Christ > Resurrection
• Jesus Christ
• Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-226) and indexes.

Contents

Introduction -- The earliest Christians claimed to have witnessed the resurrected Jesus -- The earliest Christians experienced something which they thought was the resurrected Jesus -- The earliest Christians witnessed an extramental entity -- The extramental entity was Jesus who died on the cross -- What happened to Jesus' physical body? -- Combination hypotheses -- Problem of miracles -- Conclusion.

Call Number

JFE 22-2665

ISBN

• 9780367477561
• 0367477564

LCCN

2020022127

OCLC

1155486546

Author

Loke, Andrew Ter Ern, author.

Title

Investigating the resurrection of Jesus Christ : a new transdisciplinary approach / Andrew Loke.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge new critical thinking in religion, theology and biblical studies

Routledge new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-226) and indexes.

Other Form:

Online version: Loke, Andrew Ter Ern. Investigating the resurrection of Jesus Christ Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. 9781003037255 (DLC) 2020022128

Research Call Number

JFE 22-2665