Description for Jesus Christ
Paperback. Part of the "Revolutions" series, this volume presents Jesus Christ as a figure akin to revolutionaries like Robespierre, Marx, and Che Guevara. Series: Revolutions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HRCA; HRCG9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 190.
In this new presentation of the Gospels, Terry Eagleton makes a powerful and provocative argument for Jesus Christ as a social, political and moral radical, a friend of anti-imperialists, outcasts and marginals, a champion of the poor, the sick and immigrants, and as an opponent of the rich, religious hierarchs, and hypocrites everywhere-in other words, as a figure akin to revolutionaries like Robespierre, Marx, and Che Guevara.
In this new presentation of the Gospels, Terry Eagleton makes a powerful and provocative argument for Jesus Christ as a social, political and moral radical, a friend of anti-imperialists, outcasts and marginals, a champion of the poor, the sick and immigrants, and as an opponent of the rich, religious hierarchs, and hypocrites everywhere-in other words, as a figure akin to revolutionaries like Robespierre, Marx, and Che Guevara.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Revolutions
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844671762
SKU
V9781844671762
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Terry Eagleton
Giles Fraser, educated at Newcastle and Wadham College, Oxford before being ordained into the Oxford Diocese, is the Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral, where he oversees the work of the St Paul's Institute. He is a regular presenter on BBC Radio and contributor to The Guardian. He is the author and co-author of several books. Terry Eagleton is ... Read more
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