Drawing from the best
contemporary scholarship, bestselling author Diarmuid O’Murchu deconstructs the
history of Christianity, and specifically the life of Jesus Christ, as it has
evolved over the past two thousand years. With rich language and clear
metaphors, O’Murchu speaks to every Christian who is fed up with a revisionist
Christian doctrine based on banal ideas and who desperately seeks affirmation
that the Christian faith is a much bigger, deeper, and more challenging
institution than churches have ever acknowledged or proclaimed. According to
O’Murchu, Jesus was never an earthly prince, but rather the first rebel, a
countercultural outsider who sought to empower the oppressed and marginalized
while questioning the core beliefs of longstanding institutions—and ultimately
paying a mortal price for his convictions. Using this portrait of Jesus, each
chapter addresses a range of common human problems that Christ himself
overcame, such as understanding others, resolving hostilities, discovering
empowerment by suffering, and preserving personal identity in a globalized
world. O’Murchu’s stunning conclusions serve to reintroduce the world to the
revolutionary Jesus, giving His story new life and relevance for the modern
age.
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