The : was Jesus a great moral teacher? Baggini, Julian creator author text bibliography enk London Granta Books 2021 monographic eng

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291 pages ; 20 cm Even if we don't believe that Jesus was the son of God, we tend to think he was a great moral teacher. But was he? And how closely do idealised values such as our love of the family, helping the needy, and the importance of kindness, match Jesus's original tenets? Julian Baggini challenges our assumptions about Christian values - and about Jesus - by focusing on Jesus's teachings in the Gospels, stripping away the religious elements such as the accounts of miracles or the resurrection of Christ. Reading closely this new 'godless' Gospel, included as an appendix, Baggini asks how we should understand Jesus's attitude to the renunciation of the self, to politics, or to sexuality, as expressed in Jesus's often elusive words. An atheist from a Catholic background, Baggini introduces us to a more radical Jesus than popular culture depicts. And as he journeys deeper into Jesus's worldview, and grapples with Jesus's sometimes contradictory messages, against his scepticism he finds that Jesus's words amount to a purposeful and powerful philosophy, which has much to teach us today. / Julian Baggini. First published: 2020. Includes bibliographical references and index. Jesus Christ Ethics Jesus Christ Philosophy Jesus Christ Teachings Bible Gospels Criticism, interpretation, etc BS2417 E8 B34 2020 9781783782321 StDuBDS 210625 20251112160244.0 990227835230107026 eng