Why Resurrection

Carlos Blanco is a visiting fellow at the Committee on the Study of Religion at Harvard University. He is the author of Mentes maravillosas que cambiaron la historia (2007).

• AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1 Theodicy: Philosophy of Religion and the Problem of Evil2 History and Meaning3 The Apocalyptic Conception of History, Evil, and Eschatology4 Death5 The Kingdom of GodBibliographyIndex of Names

Blanco provides a thorough and helpful discussion of the origins of resurrection beliefs in antiquity as a product of apocalyptic Judaism and contextualizes contemporary belief in the resurrection within the timeless questions of theodicy and the meaning of human existence. [...] Blanco has written an extraordinarily accessible work. While his work shows significant scholarly ability, the clear writing style makes his book applicable to both scholars and non-scholars alike. Readers interested in the concept of the resurrection and more broadly in theological discussions of death, the afterlife, and the Christian interpretation of the meaning of life find this book to be an engaging argument.