{"product_id":"christ-actually-reimagining-faith-in-the-modern-age-9780143127840","title":"Christ Actually: Reimagining Faith in the Modern Age","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn exploration of transcendent faith in modern times--from the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling \u003ci\u003eConstantine's Sword\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat can we believe about--and how can we believe in--Jesus Christ in light of the Holocaust and other atrocities of the twentieth century and the drift from religion that followed? In this urgent and provocative work, award-winning author James Carroll traces centuries of religious history and theology to face this core challenge to modern faith and to rescue it for the secular age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFar from another book about the \"historical Jesus,\" \u003ci\u003eChrist Actually\u003c\/i\u003e takes the challenges of science and contemporary philosophy, of secularism, seriously. Carroll retrieves the power of Jesus both as an answer to humanity's perennial longing for transcendence and as a figure of profound ordinariness--his simple life, and his call to imitate him, all suggest an answer to the question \"What is the future of Jesus Christ?\" This book points the way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143127840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"James Carroll","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52750033125557,"sku":"9780143127840","price":19.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/christ-actually-reimagining-faith-in-the-modern-age-9780143127840","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}