Category - resurrection

Williams says we need to face up to death, fear and greed

staff writers — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:05:17 +0000

The celebration of Easter challenges human beings to accept death without delusion, but it also seeks to challenge our acceptance that death is without hope and the end to all meaning, says the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Putting an end to scapegoating

Giles Fraser — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:15:05 +0000

Easter is not about some nasty death cult where a blood sacrifice must be paid to appease an angry God, says Giles Fraser. The crucifixion reveals human death-dealing at its worst and the resurrection offers a new start, refusing the logic of scapegoating.

Death and resurrection is to be lived, says Methodist leader

staff writers — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:22:20 +0000

Today's world "lives with death and resurrection in many ways and in many places", says the president of the Methodist Conference in Britain. The duty of the church is to be with them in this and to point to the hope of the gospel.

Resurrection is no Easter conjuring trick

Simon Barrow — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:41:09 +0000

The modern temptation is to dismiss resurrection as fantasy or reduce it to spiritualised sophistry, says Simon Barrow. The shape of the core Christian hope is both more substantial and more subtle than that.

Lambeth Palace attacks ‘misleading’ Times headline about bishop case

staff writers — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:32:13 +0100

The HQ of the Archbishop of Canterbury has described a headline in the Times newspaper as “completely misleading” in suggesting a report had declared the Bishop of Southwark drunk in a 2006 Christmas Party incident.

Being stuck with a God who raises the dead

Simon Barrow — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:48:32 +0100

Easter is awkward for the church, because its revolutionary message leaves it nowhere to hide religiously, politically or intellectually, argues Simon Barrow.

Watch for surprises

Simon Barrow — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 03:05:15 +0100

The Easter story resonates with alarming radicalism, says a scholar-bishop.

Reflections on Easter meaning

Simon Barrow — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 01:53:58 +0100

The contested message of Easter continues to challenge both the religious and the secular imagination.