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The Resurrection of God Incarnate 1st Edition
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- ISBN-100199257469
- ISBN-13978-0199257461
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- PublisherClarendon Press
- Publication dateFebruary 20, 2003
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions0.6 x 8.5 x 5.4 inches
- Print length232 pages
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"In the book, Swinburne covers, with his usual sagacity and common sense, ground that has been covered by other apologists for the resurrection of Jesus...but Swinburne brings new insights and even topics to bear on the debate as well....overall a successful argument."--Philosophia Christi
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- Publisher : Clarendon Press; 1st edition (February 20, 2003)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 232 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0199257469
- ISBN-13 : 978-0199257461
- Item Weight : 10.6 ounces
- Dimensions : 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.4 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,280,256 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Richard Swinburne is a British philosopher. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and was Professor of the Philosophy of Religion at Oxford University from 1985 until 2002.His latest book Mind. Brain and Free Will argues that humans consist of two parts, body and soul, and that humans have free will. He is best known for his trilogy on the philosophy of theism (The Coherence of Theism, The Existence of God, and Faith and Reason). The Existence of God (2nd edition, 2004)claims that arguments from the existence of laws of nature, those laws as being such as to lead to the evolution of human bodies, and humans being conscious, make it probable that there is a God. He has written four books on the meaning and justification of central Christian doctrines (including Providence and the Problem of Evil); and he has applied his views about what is made probable by what evidence to the evidence about the Resurrection of Jesus in The Resurrection of God Incarnate. Is there a God? and Was Jesus God? are short books summarizing the arguments of the longer books. He has written at various lengths on many of the other major issues of philosophy (including epistemology, the study of what makes a belief rational or justified, in his book Epistemic Justification). He lives in Oxford, and lectures frequently in many different countries.
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In brief, here is his case... Swinburne reflects on what reasons God would have to become incarnate if He does exist. He lays out three reasons, 1) to provide atonement, 2) to identify with our suffering, and 3) to provide information (about how to live) and encouragement. He then argues that if God did become incarnate we would expect such a person to have certain "marks" which would include 1) living a perfect life that provides healing, 2) teach deep moral and theological truths, 3) show himself to believe that He is God Incarnate, 4) teach that his life provides atonement for our sins, and 5) found a church which continues his teaching and work. These five marks, Swinburne calls the "prior requirements" for a person who is potentially God Incarnate. However, there could be a candidate that met all five prior requirements and yet was not God Incarnate. So Swinburne says that there would need to be a super miracle performed by God on this individual that would serve as God's "signature" verifying the "prophet." This is the "posterior requirement." Swinburne then argues on historical grounds that Jesus uniquely satisfied both the prior and posterior requirements, whereas no other "prophet" or religious founder has in any comparable way.
The Bayesian calculation is confined to the Appendix, and of that Appendix pages 210-215 lay out the most crucial part... the formal Bayesian argument of the entire book. As a layman new to Bayes Theorem, this was challenging. But I took it very slowly and found that it made great sense.
Swinburne's case is strong. Very strong. Even if you don't agree with him in the end, you will be enriched by thinking about this topic from a very different perspective.











