Easter: A Chance for Re-Engagement With the Risen Christ, by Dr. Jeff Mirus 

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture, April 16, 2026

Jeffrey Mirus holds a Ph.D. in intellectual history from Princeton University. A co-founder of Christendom College, he also pioneered Catholic Internet services. He is the founder of Trinity Communications and CatholicCulture.org. See full bio.

During Lent this year, I emphasized the need to not consider the Resurrection of Jesus Christ as a mere motive of credibility, that is, an attractive concept or circumstance which might predispose us to accept the Christian religion (see The Resurrection: Mere attraction to truth is not enough). Rather the Resurrection is the basis of our faith, and the fundamental fact that conditions our spiritual existence.

During the Easter Season, therefore, it makes sense to reexamine the claim of the Resurrection more closely. This is something I have done off and on throughout my adult life. For example, when I was a professor at Christendom College I edited and published an apologetics book called Reasons for Hope which included chapters on a number of key points of Catholic belief, the most important of which was, logically, the Resurrection. That chapter is in our library: The Resurrection and Divinity of Christ.  …

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