Faith, history, and the resurrection

Flowchart showing Enlightenment sceptical explanations, the central question of the resurrection, and the responses of Frank Morison and Ian Wilson

For Christians, the resurrection is the decisive claim of the faith, not a decorative symbol. Modern scholarship asks whether this claim can be defended as history, not just confessed in worship.

Scientific and historical-critical challenges – faith and history: the death and resurrection of Jesus in modern scholarship Lesson