The Resurrection of Jesus Christ
March 12 – 14, Friday 6 p.m. until Sunday 11 a.m.In this retreat participants will reflect on the early Christian resurrection proclamation: what it was, and how it was likely to have been understood by those who first heard the news. We will examine the various attempts that have been made to explain what had happened at the first Easter, in ways that differ from the Christian perspective. Those forms of explanation that are currently most fashionable will be considered with special care. Dr. Bryan will lead an exploration of what early Christians saw as the consequences of their claim. What did it mean that they believed Christ had been raised from the dead?
Presenter:
The Rev. Dr. Christopher Bryan is the C.K. Benedict Professor of New Testament, The School of Theology, The University of the South. He is the Editor of the Sewanee Theological Review. He has served the church in many capacities in the United States and in England and serves as Priest Associate, University Chapel, Sewanee, Tennessee.
Dr. Bryan is a graduate of Wadham College, Oxford University, Ripon Hall Theological College, Oxford and University of Exeter. He is the recipient of many awards including Woodward (Forest of Dean) Open Scholar, Glanfield Exhibitioner and Ducker Exhibitioner from Wadham College and the Association of Theological Schools Scholarship and Research Award.
He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, Catholic Biblical Association, Conference of Anglican Biblical Scholars, Episcopal Peace Fellowship, Greenpeace, The National Trust (U.K.), and Amnesty International.
Dr. Bryan’s joys and pleasures including cooking, dogs of almost any kind, reading, Jane Austin, J. K. Rowling, Rudyard Kipling, and theatre.
Books
The Resurrection of the Messiah (forthcoming, Fall 2009).
Render to Caesar: Jesus, the Early Church, and the Roman Superpower. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
And God Spoke: The Authority of the Bible for the Church Today. Cambridge, Mass. Cowley Publications, 2002.
A Preface to Romans: Notes on the Letter in Its Literary and Cultural Setting. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
A Preface to Mark: Notes on the Gospel in Its Literary and Cultural Settings. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1993; paperback edition, 1997.
Shabbat. Bangor: Canolfan Genedlaethol Addysg Greffydol, 1986. Welsh translation of Shabbat. [with Victor Whitburn]
Shabbat. Exeter: Religious and Moral Education Press, 1985. [with Victor Whitburn]
Way of Freedom: An Introduction to the Epistle to the Romans. New York: Seabury, 1975.
Fiction
Nightfall. Oxford: Lion, 1986.
Die Nacht der Wölfin. Giessen: Basel Brunnen Verlag, 1984. German translation of Night of the Wolf.
Night of the Wolf. Oxford: Lion; San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1983.
Residential Fee: $275 Commuter Fee: $175 Deposit: $50