Christ a crisis in the life of god jack miles book

Professor miles was a jesuit seminarian from 1960 to 1970, studying at the pontifical gregorian university. Bucking the trend of books about the historical jesus, jack miles offers a purely literary reading of the new. A crisis in the life of god we mostly understand christianity, particularly within protestant manifestations, as a textbased religion. W ho was god speaking to when he said let there be light. In both books, miles interprets the events of gods life, as recounted in the bible, entirely from. God in the quran continues jack miless journey through. A crisis in the life of god kindle edition by miles. Read the readers questions and jack miless answers. Jack miles innovation is to treat god as the main protagonist of this. The faithful may be disturbed by miles reading of the bible as a portrait of a god capable of changing his mind. A crisis in the life of god and turned his methodology on.

With the same passionate scholarship and analytical audacity he brought to t. A crisis in the life of god by jack miles, paperback. Oct 22, 2019 with god in the quran, jack miles completes the literary pilgrimage that gave us god. Whether it is also fanciful and problematic, readers will have to decide,christian century. He describe the life of god as going through a crisis, involving guilt over how he dealt with his people in the old testament. A crisis in the life of god, considering the new testament as if it were a stainedglass window to be looked at and appreciated as a work of art. Anita diamant is the author of the red tent, a work of historical fiction about women in the old testament. He presents christ as a hero of literature based only in part on the. So jack miles is quite right, in his new book, christ. A biography on god and the old testament for god, focusing on christ, in the new testament. On the basis of this shocking argument, miles compels us to reassess christs entire life and teaching. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

In the former, he endeavours to write a biography of god in terms of understanding this protagonist as a literary character a figure depicted in a sets of texts, i. In this book jack miles does what he did with god in his book god. The rules of scholarship and imagination can overlap, but often they dont. His approach throughout the book is one of literary analysis. With god in the quran, jack miles completes the literary pilgrimage that gave us god. A crisis in the life of god continues on from where miles god. We have commentaries from jack miles, the pulitzer prizewinning author of christ. There was nobody to hear him, no spouse, no servants, not even a mythic animal, wrote jack miles in god. Jack miles is distinguished professor of english and religious studies emeritus at the university of california, irvine.

Jack miles is the general editor of the norton anthology of world religions and is a professor of english and religious studies at the university of california, irvine. He sets out to discover who god is in the context of the quran and. Jack miles christ is a sort of sequel to his earlier book, god. A crisis in the life of god, was named a new york times notable book of 2002. In that work, he constructed a character analysis of god, based strictly upon a literary study of the hebrew bible. Jack miles wrote god, a biography, and more recently, christ. Miles book god in the quran was published in 2018, the third in his god in three classic scriptures series. Reviews god, the editor by anna della subin harpers magazine. Bruce bennett lawrence, author of the koran in english a biography jack miles god in the quran is the culmination of an extraordinary threepart biographyor theograpy, as he has termed itof the central character in the sacred scriptures of jews, the christians, and now the muslims. Setting aside puzzles of historical veracity, and ignoring issues of religious interpretation, miles examines the character as written, from creator to the ancient of days. A crisis in the life of god is, like miles previous book, a stimulating, challenging work.

In this astonishing new book, miles applies the same method to jesus, god incarnate, with even. A crisis in the life of god by jack miles goodreads. A biography, jack miles posited the notion that the old testament god was a person, and then pondered his motives and actions as though the deity were a character in a novel. Editor picks religions for the first norton anthology of. This learned and insightful approach to talking about god is a theological education in itself. In trying to understand this and more, im going to follow the lead of a marvelous work of scholarly imagination by jack miles, christ. The wrath of god and the love of god are familiar notions, however infrequent or even nonexistent our. Miles unconventional work has encouraged me to reconsider my perhaps premature dismissal of what appears, on the surface, to be a flawed god. Nov 27, 2018 god in the quran continues jack miles s journey through religions.

A crisis in the life of god why did god take on human form, as jesus christ, and then willing allow himself to be put to death. A crisis in the life of god, he undertook the same task with the. The brilliance of jack miless new book on christ is that it manages to make strange the. The new statesman as a way of seeing god, miless book has great power and depth. Read the readers questions and jack miles s answers. Pulitzer prize winner miles emeritus, english and religious studiesuniv. A biographyjack miles gives us his striking consideration of christ. John arthur jack johnson march 31, 1878 june 10, 1946, nicknamed the galveston giant, was an american boxer, whoat the height of the jim crow erabecame. A biography, miles approached the hebrew bible as one might approach a body of literary work produced by yahwehelohim, the lord god.

Those searching for a more serious read wont want to miss jack miles christ. The passion of the christ, passion papers beliefnet. Aug 01, 2001 in this book jack miles does what he did with god in his book god. Boston college center for christianjewish learning book. God in the quran continues jack miless journey through religions. A biography, won the pulitzer prize in 1996 and has been translated into sixteen languages. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading christ. Bucking the trend of books about the historical jesus, jack miles offers a purely literary reading of the new testamentrendering jesus as a character whose. A crisis in the life of god kindle edition by miles, jack. For many americans, a renewed interest in prayer, faith and. God in the quran god in three classic scriptures by. Book description five years after his everywhereacclaimed, brilliantly successful, pulitzer prizewinning book about god as portrayed in the old testamentgod.

The selections will make you laugh, think and pray. Trained as a jesuit with a doctorate in near eastern languages and literature, he is an insightful critic and a lucid writer of marked originality, literary force, reach, and cast. If jesus christ is the lords vindicator, how can he be at the same time the lamb of god. In 1996, he was awarded the pulitzer prize for god. Miles is general editor of the norton anthology of world religions november 2014. The answer, or at least one possible answer, is in this book by jack miles, the author of the pulitzer prizewinning 1995 bestseller, god. Knopf, 1995, a work that he began during his lifechanging guggenheim fellowship year, 19901991. This time allah is the central character, and drawing on the quran, but also the hebrew bible and the. A biography translated into 16 languages and is a recipient of the macarthur fellowship 20022007. In fall of 2001, he published a companion work, christ. In 1996, jack miles wrote a pulitzer prizewinning work entitled god. Treating the bible as a literary text is a standard approach in certain areas of scholarship.

Rather than attempting to synthesize his material, miles allows his. God made jack miles because god also loves someone who loves stories. A crisis in the life of god 9780679781608 by jack miles. Christa crisis in the life of god by jack miles overdrive. Full of hope and encouragement, this is a great gift book. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Jack miles has written an essay about the genesis of his new book and about the struggles that led to the ideas behind the book. Sharing the interpretive constraints faced by all texts, much of christianitys tumultuous history has been the direct result of differing textual interpretations of its complex and. Christa crisis in the life of god by jack miles author grover gardner narrator. A biography by jack miles meet your next favorite book. The brilliance of jack miless new book on christ is that it manages to make strange the bestknown story in history. A crisis in the life of god paperback book culture. A crisis in the life of god, was named a new york times notable book of 2002 and led to his macarthur fellowship. His refusal to discriminate between friends and enemies.