The belief that Jesus rose from the dead is central to Christianity. But how can anyone believe it really happened?

Christians claim Jesus rose from the dead; why should we care whether it's true or not?

Many people dismiss the resurrection as scientifically impossible. This video offers reasons to think again.

Jesus lived and died two thousand years ago. How much can we really about what really happened so long ago?

Are claims that Jesus rose from the dead simply legends that were made up hundreds of years after he died?

It's often claimed that Jesus' followers borrowed existing pagan beliefs about resurrection. Is that true?

The first disciples claimed that Jesus had risen from the dead. But is it possible that such stories are a deliberate deception?

Was Jesus' tomb really empty, or was this just a story made up years later?

Peter May considers some of the earliest evidence for the resurrection: the early Christian creed recorded in 1 Corinthians 15:3-5