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While its companion volume, The Resurrection in Retrospect, addresses the inadequacies of an approach to the Resurrection of Christ purely as an event of past historical time, The Reconstruction of Resurrection Belief articulates an alternative understanding of Resurrection faith as essentially a response of trust based upon a knowledge by acquaintance with the living presence of Christ today. In the hope that it may have some traction in an increasingly secular world of contemporary scientific realism, Carnley demonstrates an understanding of the nature of Resurrection faith in the language of today, with as much logical coherence as possible, and explains how the claim that the animating Spirit of the Christian community that Saint Paul spoke of as 'the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus' (Rom 8:2) may be justifiably identified in faith today as 'the living presence of Jesus of Nazareth.'

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This is a very subtle and illuminating book on the most complicated topics concerning the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the resurrection hope in general. Biblical and extra-canonical witnesses, systematic reflections, and practical theological concerns are addressed alike with fruitful results. A profound, critical engagement with Tom Wright's influential contributions to the topic provides a thread running through the book. However, Peter Carnley does not only offer valuable perspectives on the main topics of the resurrection. He also deals with burning questions about the nature of faith, the question of human immortality, and the eschatological existence in heaven. Michael Welker, Senior Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Heidelberg Peter Carnley here provides the most painstaking riposte to date to the idea that the resurrection of Jesus is simply another historical event accessible even to 'secular' historians. In so doing he recapitulates and refines his lifelong work on this topic with verve and spiritual wisdom: this is a book that all interested and educated Christians can and should read and reflect upon. Sarah Coakley, University of Cambridge and Australian Catholic University, Melbourne

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Peter Carnley was Warden of St John's College and taught systematic theology in the University of Queensland, prior to becoming Archbishop of Perth in 1981. He was elected Primate of Australia in 2000 and retired from full-time ministry in 2005. A Lambeth DD was added to his earned degrees in 2012, and he holds honorary doctorates from the General Theological Seminary, New York, and from the Universities of Newcastle (NSW), Queensland, Western Australia, Charles Sturt University (NSW), and the University of Divinity, Melbourne. He is an Honorary Fellow of Trinity College, Melbourne, and Emmanuel College and St John's College, Cambridge. He became a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2007, the citation reading 'for his contribution to theology, ecumenism, and social justice'.

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