(The) historicity of the resurrection of Jesus . lightening all along the line of our interpretation,altho in his own position he, too, holds to the literalresurrection of the body of the Lord. The reduced orattenuated Christianity which is the outcome of the indif-ference to the bodily of the Resurrection not onlydoes less than Justice to the apostolic thought,, he contends,but has serious consequences for our belief in the centrallydetermined and constitutive significance of the Resurrectionof Christ for our view of the world and life, and in part-icular, for our belief in the ultima
(The) historicity of the resurrection of Jesus . lightening all along the line of our interpretation,altho in his own position he, too, holds to the literalresurrection of the body of the Lord. The reduced orattenuated Christianity which is the outcome of the indif-ference to the bodily of the Resurrection not onlydoes less than Justice to the apostolic thought,, he contends,but has serious consequences for our belief in the centrallydetermined and constitutive significance of the Resurrectionof Christ for our view of the world and life, and in part-icular, for our belief in the ultimate subjugation of theentire .naterial order to the purpose of spirit. (Preface)In the pursuit of .his survey, Shaw agrees with the of this paper, that the mere historical evidencewill not alone lead to faith in the Risen Christ, but that alldepends upon the religious attitude of heart and mind whichwe bring to our study. Tho the accounts vary, Shaw ex-|j=jj^resses his feeling in these ^»nr>fla^ trh^p*> ^r1t1^° whr. Anmet. ^6. to negative conclusions do so less^eyause of dTfHcultT^sconnected with the evidence than because of presu^^positions of a dogmatic or philosophical character with which theycome to the examination of the subject. (p. 10). extraordinary spiritual vitality, Shaw asserts, demands asufficient cause. VHiile Shaw follows out the details of theGospels in a manner which we shall review in a moment, heplaces his highest value and belief in the position of thispaper, and quotes two authorities who agree with him in thisfundamental conclusion. Westcctt, in the Gospel of theResurrection,pcirtc out that the apostolic conception wasthe Lord lives, rather than the Lord was raised, Christ lives because He works still. If it were not for this fact continued in the present, the historicalevidence would long since have faded. Thus, likev/lse, we have the statement of Harnack, in What is Christianity?^In any case, s-ys he, certain it is that w
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