{"product_id":"what-jesus-meant-9780143038801","title":"What Jesus Meant","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Garry Wills brings his signature brand of erudite, unorthodox thinking to his latest book of revelations. . . . A tour de force and a profound show of faith.\" (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eO, the Oprah Magazine)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eLook out for a new book from Garry Wills, \u003ci\u003eWhat The Qur'an Meant\u003c\/i\u003e, coming fall 2017. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn what are billed \"culture wars,\" people on the political right and the political left cite Jesus as endorsing their views. But in this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling masterpiece, Garry Wills argues that Jesus subscribed to no political program. He was far more radical than that. In a fresh reading of the gospels, Wills explores the meaning of the \"reign of heaven\" Jesus not only promised for the future but brought with him into this life. It is only by dodges and evasions that people misrepresent what Jesus plainly had to say against power, the wealthy, and religion itself. But Wills is just as critical of those who would make Jesus a mere ethical teacher, ignoring or playing down his divinity. An illuminating analysis for believers and nonbelievers alike, \u003ci\u003eWhat Jesus Meant\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant addition to our national conversation on religion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGarry Wills \u003c\/b\u003eis a historian and the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers \u003ci\u003eWhat Jesus Meant\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePapal Sin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhy I Am a Catholic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhy Priests?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eamong others. A frequent contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003eand other publications, Wills is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a professor emeritus at Northwestern University. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523481407762,"sku":"9780143038801","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2b5cbb9b-e188-4a6e-8752-a1a145e1f4c0.jpg?v=1731148402","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/what-jesus-meant-9780143038801","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}