Document Type
Article
Article Version
Publisher's PDF
Publication Date
2-2026
Abstract
After reviewing several stances in modern theology on the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus, this article argues that a common feature of the worldviews of Baroque Catholicism, classical Reformation theology, and the Enlightenment, namely, their separation of the supernatural and natural realms into ‘two orders’, explains the attractiveness of the apologetical strategy of affirming the reality of the resurrection as a non-historical, supernatural event. Drawing on the temporal and spatial imaginary of Henri de Lubac’s theology of grace, it concludes by pressing the case for a theological understanding of the resurrection of Jesus as a historical event that valorises the eschatological resonance of time.
Publication Title
Scottish Journal of Theology
Repository Citation
Thiel, John E., "On the Historicity of Jesus’ Resurrection" (2026). Religious Studies Faculty Publications. 158.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/religiousstudies-facultypubs/158
Published Citation
Thiel, John E. “On the Historicity of Jesus’ Resurrection.” Scottish Journal of Theology 79, no. 1 (2026): 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0036930625101439.
DOI
10.1017/S0036930625101439
Peer Reviewed
Comments
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