The case against "The Case for Christ"

What's the evidence for the resurrection? [Click here to view this message in your web-browser](. Edition: US 8 April 2017 [[The Conversation]Academic rigor, journalistic flair]( Editor's note The Case for Christ opened in movie theatres this weekend. The film follows the faith journey of Lee Strobel, an investigative journalist who turns from a skeptic to a believer. The film makes a compelling case for the claim that the resurrection of Christ is historic fact. But Brent Landau, a Biblical scholar at UT Austin, takes [a close look at the evidence]( Strobel presents in the film and says that while he has “little doubt some of Jesus’ followers believed that they had seen him alive after his death... the world is full of such extraordinary claims.” Kalpana Jain Senior Editor, Religion & Ethics Top story Basilica of San Vitale, a church in Ravenna, Italy, kristobalite [The Case for Christ: What's the evidence for the resurrection?]( Brent Landau, University of Texas at Austin The movie 'The Case for Christ' is released this weekend. A scholar takes a close look at the claims for the historicity of Jesus' resurrection. Environment + Energy - [Healthy soil is the real key to feeding the world]( David R. Montgomery, University of Washington Conventional wisdom says we need industrial agriculture to feed the world. 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