Resurrection
Resurrection is a term referring to a concept that is exclusively Christian. It refers to a dead body coming back to life. An example is the resurrection of Jesus on the cross. Most Christians, however, believe that it was not the body but the soul that came back to life. According to the Gospels, however, it was the body of Christ that was resurrected, as it was lost on the third day and reappeared to the disciples later and showed the wounds on the hands. Christians also believe that the bodies of people will rise from the grave on judgement day. This is a belief which appears to assume that the soul and the body are one, or that the soul is within the body and inseparable from the body.
The belief that the soul is inseparable from the body was probably responsible for the ancient custom of preserving dead bodies in mummies and also of burying dead bodies. The custom of cremation is probably associated with the belief that the soul is separable from the body and that the burning facilitates separation. It seems that the story of Count Dracula is also based on the belief that the soul is inseparable from the body.
Some Christians believe that the discarnate spirit remains somewhere after death, and when Jesus comes at the end of the world on judgement day, they will be made to enter heaven, hell, limbo or purgatory accordingly. Other Christians do not think in terms of a soul but believe that the body dies and comes back to life on judgement day, which is called resurrection.