All 3 Uses of
resurrection
in
The Sunlight Dialogues
- It did not trouble him that he could not believe, as his mother and perhaps his father did, in the literal resurrection of the dead, the virgin birth, and the rest.†
Chpt 5 *
- The neighbors complained—the band was right out on the front porch blatting away like Resurrection Morning—and when Clumly and his crew came to raid they had their police dogs with them.†
Chpt 5
- And then when her mind was swimming he said, "For my next trick, I will do the resurrection.†
Chpt 20
Definitions:
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(1)
(resurrection as in: resurrection of a dream) to rise again after failure, inactivity, or disuse
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
As a proper noun, Christians use The Resurrection to refer to their belief that Jesus arose from the dead three days after he was killed. In the major monotheistic religions (Christianity, Judaism, and Islam) Resurrection is also used to refer to the rising of the dead on Judgment Day.