Beyond Belief

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Beyond Belief: Resurrection

Resurrection

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What resonance does the essential story of Christian hope and salvation have today?

This extraordinary story of death defeated and salvation secured is at the heart of Christianity. Ernie Rea explores how we understand the Resurrection and it's resonance today.

On Easter Sunday, as children hunt for chocolate eggs, the words 'Christ is Risen. Alleluia!' are proclaimed from every church pulpit. The day of Jesus Christ's Resurrection is the most joyous day of the Christian calendar. A message of death defeated, salvation secured, is the cornerstone of the faith of nearly one third of the world's population. But how do the faithful understand this extraordinary story? Do you have to believe Jesus physically rose from the dead for the story to have meaning? And what is it's resonance today, for those of faith, or without?

Ernie Rea is joined by scholars Professor Helen Bond, Dr Andrew Boakye, and the Chief Executive of the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity, Paul Woolley, to discuss the evidence for and understanding of the Resurrection. Plus film critic and host of the 'Girls on Film' podcast, Anna Smith, discusses how the story and themes of the resurrection have appeared in popular cinema throughout the decades. 

Producer: Rebecca Maxted
Editor: Tim Pemberton

This programme contains short excepts from the following films:
The Greatest Story Ever Told (Dir: George Stevens, 1965)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (Dir: Andrew Adamson, 2005)

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