Pagan Easter? The Real Roots of Resurrection Sunday

“Easter is a pagan holiday taken over by Christians.” Or so one line of popular thought goes. Perhaps you have encountered someone touting the “pagan origins of Easter” and accusing Christians of simply baptizing a non-Christian celebration. The implication, often, is that the resurrection itself arose from pagan soil (and therefore didn’t really happen).Given the fact that the atoning death and resurrection of our Lord is utterly central to the Christian faith, this is a serious claim. If Chris