{"product_id":"the-existential-jesus","title":"The Existential Jesus","description":"Jesus is the man who made the West. What kind of man was he? Is he relevant to a modern world shaken by crises of meaning?\u003cbr\u003e The churches have mainly projected him as Jesus the carer and comforter, Jesus meek and mild, friend of the weak. This is Jesus the Good Shepherd, who preaches on sin and forgiveness. He is Lord and Saviour.\u003cbr\u003e But this church Jesus is not remotely like the existential hero portrayed in the first and most potent telling of his life-story - that of Mark. Mark's Jesus is a lonely and restless, mysterious stranger. His mission is dark and obscure. Everything he tries fails. By the end there is no God, no loyal followers - just torture by crucifixion, climaxing in a colossal death-scream. The story closes without a resurrection from the dead. There is just an empty tomb, and three women fleeing in terror.\u003cbr\u003e The existential Jesus speaks today. He does not spout doctrine; he has no interest in sin; his focus is not on some after-life. He gestures enigmatically from within his own gruelling experience, inviting the reader to walk in his shoes.\u003cbr\u003e He singles out everybody's central question: 'Who am I?' The truth lies within individual identity, resounding in the depths of the inner self. The existential Jesus is the West's great teacher on the nature of being.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Carroll's account is as exciting, difficult, and contradictory as the best of Jacques Derrida.' \u003ci\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Anyone with doubts about John Carroll being one of Australia's most creative and original thinkers will see them dissipate after a close reading of this book.' \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John Carroll","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516723593277,"sku":null,"price":31.34,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781921844386.jpg?v=1787568933","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/the-existential-jesus","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}