Investigating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ av Andrew (Associate Professor at Hong Kong Baptist University.) Loke

529,-

Kjøp

<P>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.</P><P>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.</P><P>This is a thorough study of arguably the key event in the formation of th