{"product_id":"9780374529567","title":"American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon","description":"\u003cp\u003eJesus the Black Messiah; Jesus the Jew; Jesus the Hindu sage; Jesus the Haight-Asbury hippie: these Jesuses join the traditional figure of Jesus Christ in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e, which was acclaimed upon publication in hardcover as an altogether fresh exploration of American history—and as the liveliest book about Jesus to appear in English in years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur nation's changing images of Jesus, Stephen Prothero contends, are a kind of looking class into the national character. Even as most Christian believers cleave to a traditional faith, other people give Jesus a leading role as folk hero, pitchman, and countercultural icon. And so it has been since the nation's founding—from Thomas Jefferson, who took scissors to his New Testament to sort out true from false Jesus material; to the Jews, Buddhists and Muslims who fit Jesus into their own traditions; to the people who adapt Jesus for stage and screen and the Holy Land theme park. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a lively, illuminating and accessible survey that takes us into unexpected corners of our shared religious heritage\" (Dan Cryer, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50076607676656,"sku":"9780374529567","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780374529567_p0.jpg?v=1784728995","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780374529567","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}