Jesus Before Christianity

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 in 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.”

Albert Nolan is currently serving as provincial for the South Africa Province of the Dominicans. He is founder and editor of Challenge: Church & People, South Africa’s most popular ecumenical magazine.