The Case For The Resurrection Of Jesus by Jürgen Habermas

Presents a historically grounded, “minimal facts” case that the best explanation for a core set of widely accepted data—Jesus’ death by crucifixion, the disciples’ sincere experiences of postmortem appearances, the radical conversions of Paul and James, and the early, public proclamation of resurrection—is that Jesus physically rose from the dead. It engages early creedal material (such as 1 Corinthians 15), surveys mainstream scholarship, and systematically evaluates competing naturalistic hypotheses like hallucination, conspiracy, and legend. The work also provides practical tools for dialogue, including a structured method for building the case and concise responses to common objections.