Jesus Before Christianity: With a New Foreword by Sr. Helen Prejean

Nolan's portrait of Jesus introduces us to the man as he was before he became enshrined in doctrine, dogma, and ritual, a man deeply involved with the real problems of his time--which are the real problems of our time as well. As the author says, "Nothing about Jesus will be presupposed or assumed. . . . My interest is in the man as he was before he became the object of Christian faith.