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The Resurrection is the most real event in human history. Christ’s bodily resurrection is bedrock reality, both of spirit and of matter. On this rock all other Christian beliefs, visions and practices are built. In reference to it alone do they retain meaning. The Resurrection is no mere metaphor. It is the story at the center of our cosmos; all our hope for this world and the next grows out of it. If we dilute or gloss over the reality of the Resurrection, we miss the core purpose and character of Christian faith. Yet it can be challenging to hold on to a lively and literal sense of an event that can seem so distant in history and so diffuse in its consequences. Literature can be of special help here, not so much to recapitulate the biblical narrative — which has its own unique strength — as to help us understand the inner logic of a world permanently changed by Christ’s resurrection.
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The historical Gospel claim
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How popular literature often points to the Resurrection
The Resurrection is the most real event in human history, making its way into classic literature throughout the centuries. Here are three examples.
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