- Title: Resurrection
- Date: 12th April 2004
- Summary: For many Christians, including some clergy, the bodily resurrection of Christ has become a slight embarrassment - a piece of magic that would be better interpreted as a metaphor. Are we really expected to believe that Jesus died and was buried, only to rise from the grave and ascend to heaven? Tom Wright, the Bishop of Durham, believes that we should hold this belief and sets out to prove the historical truth of the resurrection on a journey that takes him to the places where the real Jesus lived and died. It's a detective story putting Easter under the microscope, stripping away the bogus traditions and intellectual fixes to find out what really happened in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago. Wright uses archaeology and contemporary witness statements, from the gospels and other contemporary texts, to build up a fresh picture of Christ's death and resurrection. What he uncovers is a newly-minted story, stripped of its familiarity and as shocking now as it must have been to Christ's followers.
- Description:The Bishop Of Durham explains his view of how the resurrection actually physically happened. A belief that flys in the face of conventional Church of England thinking. Was Jesus resurrected or is it a story so fanciful that to believe in it puts you at odds with the modern world? Tom Wright, the Bishop of Durham, sets out to prove the historical truth of the resurrection on a journey that takes him to the places where the real Jesus lived and died. It's a detective story putting Easter under the microscope, stripping away the bogus traditions and intellectual fixes to find out what really happened in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago. What he uncovers is a newly-minted story, stripped of its familiarity and as shocking now as it must have been to Christ's followers.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Blakeway Productions Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:12/04/2004
- Rights:UK and Eire
- Decade: 2000s