Paperback. This study, which looks at traditional and alternative ideas of the true Jesus, traces both the quest of the historical Jesus within the Christian movement, and the encounter between the Jesus story and the world beyond the Church. The book analyzes a range of insider and outsider images of Jesus, some popular, some scholarly, some hotly debated. It draws on popular literature, religious tradition, art and even film to elucidate its quest for Jesus. In this work, the author asks what agendas, assumptions, and human needs do the contributors to this work take to their studies of Jesus? Analyzing popular and scholarly images of Jesus, writers discussed include: Marcus Borg, the Dalai Lama, Abraham Geiger, Barbara Thiering and Tom Wright. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: In Search of Jesus (Paperback)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
Publication Date: 2001
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0826449166
ISBN 13: 9780826449160
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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This study, which looks at traditional and alternative ideas of the true Jesus, traces both the quest of the historical Jesus within the Christian movement, and the encounter between the Jesus story and the world beyond the Church. The book analyzes a range of insider and outsider images of Jesus, some popular, some scholarly, some hotly debated. It draws on popular literature, religious tradition, art and even film to elucidate its quest for Jesus.

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Clinton Bennett teaches Religious Studies at the State University of New York at New Paltz,
USA.

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