The Easter Moment

__The Easter Moment__ tells the moving story of Spong's friendship with a young physician dying of cancer and how that relationship shed new light on the years of study the author has devoted to the great mystery of what actually happened on that long-ago Easter when the whole history of the human race was changed. Spong is willing to ask tough and searching questions and to come up with startling and significant answers to what happened after death that first fateful Easter, and what that means for thinking about life after death today. Cover Title Page Dedication Foreword Preface to the Second Edition -- Part I A Personal Witness Chapter 1 An Autobiographical Word Chapter 2 A Look through Death Chapter 3 jesus Tester of Barriers -- Part II The Effects of the Easter Moment Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 Peter A Changed Man Chapter 6 The Disciples Cowards into Heroes Chapter 7 James From Critical Sibling to Ardent Worship Chapter 8 A New Holy Day Chapter 9 The Oneness of God Expands Chapter 10 judea, Scripture, and Paul -- Part III Exploring the Easter Moment Chapter 11 Introduction Chapter 12 Probing the Bible's Literal Level Chapter 13 A Contradictory Witness Chapter 14 Delving beneath Scripture Chapter 1S Primacy of Peter The Third Day Chapter 16 The Apocalyptic Mind Chapter 17 A Possible Reconstruction I Chapter 18 A Possible Reconstruction II -- Part IV Entering the Easter Moment Chapter 19 The Eucharist Chapter 20 Life after Death Chapter 21 A Concluding Word Bibliography Index Copyright About the Publisher Notes