Explaining Jesus
An Interdisciplinary Exploration of a Phenomenon| By: | Benjamin Bennett-Carpenter |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury USA |
| Print ISBN: | 9781498533232 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781498533249 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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How exactly does one explain Jesus? That is the central question of this book. But the task
of explaining Jesus is complicated. For many nonbelievers, skeptics, or practitioners of non-
Jesus-based religions or spiritualities, it can be very strange to refer to a particular man who
lived in the first century CE as someone who is still living. Even for some believers, this idea
can be a difficult thing to understand—even given the teachings of their faith. Thus, whether
believer or nonbeliever or somewhere in-between, for the intellectually curious, there is need
for an explanation. Explaining Jesus explores the possibilities of a secular, interdisciplinary, science-based explanation for the phenomenon of Jesus.