I’m reading Surprised by Hope, the latest book by N.T. Wright, which is about the Resurrection and how it should affect our worldview and the church’s mission on earth. I like this quote from a chapter entitled “The Strange Story of Easter.”
And the question of Jesus’s resurrection, though it may in some senses burst the boundaries of history, also remains within them; that is precisely why it is so important, so disturbing, so life-and-death. We could cope-the world could cope-with a Jesus who ultimately remains a wonderful idea inside his disciples’ minds and hearts. The world cannot cope with a Jesus who comes out of the tomb, who inaugurates God’s new creation right in the middle of the old one.
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this caught my attention “though it may in some senses burst the boundaries of history, also remains within them; that is precisely why it is so important, so disturbing, so life-and-death.”
i think all major world religions can show some claim to “historical reality” to the often unrealistic claims of their texts. most recent case + point:
http://india.krishna.org/Articles/2002/10/002.html
not citing this as a Hindu, bc i’m not (religious, but i was just raised in the tenets of Hinduism), but still, it’s an interesting point you make above.
I’ll have to check that out. Another good book I read earlier this year was Jesus Among Other Gods, which looked at the claims of major world religions as compared to Christanity. Hindu was among them as the author is from India. Thanks for the link.
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