Is the Resurrection Just a Metaphor?

About this episode

Caro and Mitch discuss the significance of the resurrection in the context of Easter, exploring its historical and metaphorical implications.

It's Easter Sunday, and for the first time in Spiritual Misfits history, Caro and Mitch are in the same conversation. To mark the occasion, we're wrestling with the question that sits at the heart of the Easter story: did the resurrection actually happen — and does it matter how we answer that? Will, Caro and Mitch explore the tension between resurrection as historical event and resurrection as metaphor, why Good Friday can feel more honest than Easter Sunday and what it means to be a person ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Caro, Mitch

Topics covered

• resurrection
• Easter
• metaphor
• historical event
• spirituality
• Christianity

Keywords

• resurrection
• Easter
• Good Friday
• metaphor
• Christianity
• spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Good Friday, Easter Sunday

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