Why the Resurrection Changes Everything (If It's True) N. T. Wright & Shelly Kagan

In today’s episode, a theologian and a philosopher explore what happens when we die. They discuss questions like, Is death the end, or is it the beginning of something new? And how do Christian claims about Jesus’ Resurrection change the way we think about death today? You’ll hear from N. T. Wright, a New Testament scholar at Oxford, and Shelly Kagan, a philosopher at Yale. In this lively conversation moderated by Columbia medical ethicist Lydia Dugdale, they explore death, the afterlife, Jesus’ Resurrection, and how our views on these subjects influence the way we live right now. This forum was held at Yale in 2014. Thank you to the student planning team for making this event possible. Find additional resources and quotes on the podcast episode page here .

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Why the Resurrection Changes Everything (If It's True) N. T. Wright & Shelly Kagan is an episode from The Veritas Forum by The Veritas Forum.

This episode is 71:39 long.

This episode was published on Apr 9, 2026.

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