The Afterword

Tag: resurrection

  • Beyond Signs and Rituals

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    Peter
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    Are you superstitious? A few years ago, in Beijing, I noticed signs in public places warning against superstition. At first I assumed they meant religion, because that is often the Western reflex: if someone believes in something you do not, just label it superstition and carry on. But that was not what these signs meant.…

  • Closer Than You Knew

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    Peter
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    People have always told stories—about gods who died,about love that survives death,about light returning after darkness. Before theology,before churches,there were questionsand songsand open hands. We reached outbecause something in usknew there was more. Some saythese old storieswere just wrong turns—ways of avoiding God. But I thinkthey were honest guesses,not perfect,but not pointless. They came from…