{"product_id":"2940169352047","title":"Christ Actually: The Son of God for the Secular Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150155530480,"sku":"2940169352047","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169352047_p0.jpg?v=1763779520","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169352047","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}