resurrection
Sign in to saveupright=1.3|thumb|The Resurrection, painting by Andrea Mantegna, 1457–1459 thumb|A depiction of a Phoenix (mythology)|Phoenix, a figure of revival thumb|Plaque depicting saints rising from the dead Resurrection or anastasis is the concept of coming back to life after death. This is quite different from reincarnation, a process involving a person or deity returning to life in a different body. The disappearance of a body is another similar but distinct belief in some religions.
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Resurrection is the concept of coming back to life after death, which differs from reincarnation (returning in a different body) and from beliefs about a body simply disappearing. The idea matters across religions and cultures as a fundamental belief about what happens to people after they die.
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25 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Religion
- Ancient religions in the Near East
- Ancient Greek religion
- Buddhism
- Christianity
- Resurrection miracles
- Resurrection of Jesus
- Resurrection of the dead
- Hinduism
- Islam
- Judaism
- Philosophy
- Technological resurrection
- Cryonics
- Digital ghosts
- De-extinction
- Medical resuscitation
- In religions
- Zombies
- Disappearances (as distinct from resurrection)
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
upright=1.3|thumb|The Resurrection, painting by Andrea Mantegna, 1457–1459 thumb|A depiction of a Phoenix (mythology)|Phoenix, a figure of revival thumb|Plaque depicting saints rising from the dead Resurrection or anastasis is the concept of coming back to life after death. This is quite different from reincarnation, a process involving a person or deity returning to life in a different body. The disappearance of a body is another similar but distinct belief in some religions.
With the advent of written records, the earliest known recurrent theme of resurrection was in Egyptian and Canaanite religions, which had cults of dying-and-rising gods such as Osiris and Baal. Ancient Greek religion generally emphasised immortality, but in the mythos, a number of individuals were made physically immortal as they were resurrected from the dead.