From Library Journal
The editor of the publisher's "Adrenaline Lives" series, Willis has created a fascinating and challenging anthology of writing about Jesus for a popular audience. His are not at all the expected choices: besides theologians, preachers, and mystics, there are novelists and poets, including Nikos Kazantzakis, D.H. Lawrence, and Henry David Thoreau, as well as more modern names like Jack Miles and John Dominic Crossan. Open-minded readers may well find themselves astonished, uplifted, and educated by Willis's selections. Highly recommended. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.


Book Description
This book collects some of the very best work—the most interesting, exciting, and well-written essays, fiction and other writing—about Jesus. It’s above all a book of good reading by good writers—storytellers such as Robert Graves (King Jesus), Philip Roth (The Conversion of the Jews), and Anthony Burgess (Jesus of Nazareth) as well as popular historians and essayists such as John Dominic Crossan (Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography) and Dwight Goddard (Was Jesus Influenced by Buddhism?). This is decidedly not an academic or theological work—no preaching—but rather a book for popular readers who are intrigued by Jesus’ role in contemporary literature and culture; are interested in Jesus and want to know more about his life; or are drawn to his story but don’t fully know its richness. It offers a multi-faith and fascinating portrait of a great historical figure, from a wide variety of intelligent and creative viewpoints. As always with an Adrenaline book, it is also a riveting read: not the usual case with books about Jesus.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Son of Man brings together twenty-one pieces of great writing inspired by Western civilization's most influential figure. Novelists such as Nikos Kazantzakis have reimagined the story to create deeply moving versions of Jesus. Thinkers such as Stephen Mitchell and Henry David Thoreau have drawn inspiration from it to explore our relationships with each other and with God and nature. Countless writers have drawn upon Jesus' story in their search for meaning in their own lives. Passionate scholars such as John Dominic Crossan and Jack Miles have looked beyond the New Testament to understand the historical Jesus. Together, their work creates a moving portrait of a man whose life and death continue to shape our own lives and the meanings we give to them.

FROM THE CRITICS

Library Journal

The editor of the publisher's "Adrenaline Lives" series, Willis has created a fascinating and challenging anthology of writing about Jesus for a popular audience. His are not at all the expected choices: besides theologians, preachers, and mystics, there are novelists and poets, including Nikos Kazantzakis, D.H. Lawrence, and Henry David Thoreau, as well as more modern names like Jack Miles and John Dominic Crossan. Open-minded readers may well find themselves astonished, uplifted, and educated by Willis's selections. Highly recommended. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

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