Description: 'In the beginning was the Word,' says the Gospel of John. This sentence - and the words of all four gospels - is central to the teachings of the Christian church and has shaped Western art, literature and language, and the Western mind. Yet in the years after the death of Christ there was not merely one word, nor any consensus as to who Jesus was or why he had mattered. There were many different Jesuses, among them the aggressive Jesus who scorned his parents and crippled those who opposed him, the Jesus who sold his twin into slavery and the Jesus who had someone crucified in his stead. Moreover, in the early years of the first millennium there were many other saviours, many sons of gods who healed the sick and cured the lame. But as Christianity spread, they were pronounced unacceptable - even heretical - and they faded from view. Now, in Heresy, Catherine Nixey tells their extraordinary story, one of contingency, chance and plurality. It is a story about what might have been.
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EAN: 9781529040364
UPC: 9781529040364
ISBN: 9781529040364
MPN: N/A
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Uk-Trade Paper
Author: Catherine Nixey
Book Title: Heresy : Jesus Christ and the Other Sons of God
Illustrator: Yes
Language: English
Genre: Religion
Topic: Christian Theology / Systematic, Christian Church / History, Blasphemy, Heresy & Apostasy, Philosophy
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Height: 1.1 in
Item Weight: 15.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Publisher: Picador