Divine Bodies: Resurrecting Perfection in the New Testament and Early Christianity

A path-breaking scholar's insightful reexamination of the resurrection of the body and the construction of the self

When people talk about the resurrection they often assume that the bodies in the afterlife will be perfect. But which version of our bodies gets resurrected—young or old, healthy or sick, real-to-life or idealized? What bodily qualities must be recast in heaven for a body to qualify as both ours and heavenly?

The resurrection is one of the foundational statements of Christia...