Jesus Before Christianity

With a New Introduction by Sister Helen Prejean

The bestselling Orbis classic with over 150,000 copies sold!
*Advance Praise*
"This book, with its telling title, is the most compelling book about Jesus that I have ever read."--Helen Prejean, author, Dead Man Walking

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.