Jesus: The Human Face of God (Icons)

Jay Parini brings a life’s worth of contemplation on Jesus to the first volume in ICONS, a series of brief, thought-provoking biographies edited by James Atlas. In Jesus, Parini turns the powerful narrative skill he’s wielded over the course of a four-decade career to a figure who’s dominated our collective imagination and cultural iconography for over twenty centuries.
 
The main trend of modern theology has hinged on the notion of “demythologizing” Jesus. Parini’s book seeks to…