A collection of papers delivered at symposium in New York in 1996 on the central tenant of the Christian faith, namely the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, forms the basis of this text, covering fundamental theology, moral theology, philosophy and biblical studies.

This collection of papers is an international, ecumenical, and interdisciplinary study of Jesus' resurrection that emerged from the `Resurrection Summit' meeting held in New York at Easter 1996. The contributions represent mainstream scholarship on biblical studies, fundamental theology, systematic theology, philosophy, moral theology, and homiletics, and combine to offer a timely, wide-ranging, and well-balanced work on the central truth of Christianity.

thoroughly professional theology. ... Here, in these essays, we have Christian theology at its best, intellectually demanding and engaged with issues of central importance - a good combination.