Best Books on Resurrection
The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the historical center of the gospel and the seal of God's acceptance of Christ's finished work. Reformed theology holds it as a real, space-time event that secures believers' justification, guarantees their own future bodily resurrection, and inaugurates the new creation.
Start Here
basic
Who Moved the Stone?
Top pickFrank Morison · 2006
Classic detective-style investigation into the evidence for the empty tomb.
The Case for Easter: A Journalist Investigates the Evidence for the Resurrection
Lee Strobel · 2018
Very short, journalist-style interviews making the historical case for laypeople.
The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus
Gary R. Habermas and Michael R. Licona · 2004
Popular apologetics case for the historicity of Jesus's resurrection.
The Message of the Resurrection: Christ Is Risen!
Paul Beasley-Murray · 2000
Readable Bible Speaks Today study of the resurrection's place in the gospel.
Go Deeper
intermediate
Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church
Top pickN.T. Wright · 2018
Widely read study of bodily resurrection and new creation; read alongside Reformed sources.
Raised with Christ: How the Resurrection Changes Everything
Adrian Warnock · 2010
Shows the everyday theological and practical difference the resurrection makes.
The Resurrection of Jesus
Gary R. Habermas · 1980
Careful historical and theological study of the resurrection's centrality to the gospel.
On the Resurrection, Volume 1: Evidences
Gary R. Habermas · 2024
Comprehensive gathering of the historical evidence, from a leading apologist.
For Study
advanced
The Resurrection of the Son of God
Top pickN.T. Wright · 2003
Massive, award-winning academic study of ancient beliefs and Jesus's resurrection.
The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach
Michael R. Licona · 2010
Rigorous scholarly methodology for assessing the historicity of the resurrection.
The Pauline Eschatology
Geerhardus Vos · 1930
Reformed Princeton scholar's dense study placing resurrection at the heart of Paul's theology.
Paul: An Outline of His Theology
Herman Ridderbos · 1997
Standard Reformed academic exposition of Paul, with resurrection central throughout.
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