It is not about "life after death" as such. Rather, it's a way of talking about being bodily alive again after a period of being bodily dead. Resurrection is a second-stage postmortem life: "life after 'life after death.

N.T. Wright
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Life after death refers to the continuation of our existence after death. Resurrection is a second-stage postmortem life: "life after 'life after death." The resurrection of Jesus Christ, who is also God, was not a reanimation of his corpse, but rather his resurrection from the dead

Source: Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense

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