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"Enormous forces in our culture are determined to deny that Jesus was raised from the dead,” N.T. Wright, an Anglican evangelical scholar, said.

“Over and over again, they use arguments that can be shown to be invalid and propose alternative scenarios which can be shown to be impossible.”

Wright and John Dominic Crossan, a member of the Jesus Seminar, voiced divergent views of the resurrection during the inaugural Greer-Heard Point-Counterpoint Forum at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary March 11.

Wright, bishop of Durham, England, defended the literal, bodily resurrection of Jesus as the only tenable view, while Crossan, a professor emeritus at DePaul University, set forth a metaphorical interpretation of the resurrection.

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A step by step guide of the process to elect a pope

Here's information about 20 cardinals likely to be seriously considered for selection as the next pope

An interview with Walter J. Hollenweger, author of The Pentecostals and Pentecostalism: Origins and Developments Worldwide

When and why did the custom of conducting altar calls begin?