This work argues that it is better to use Christianity as good poetry than as bad science, and although the author sets out to deconstruct its doctrines, "my intention is positive; it is to craft from the Christian past a usable ethic for our own time". The book is a rescue attempt, an argued case for salvaging the challenge of Jesus by revealing the essence of his teachings and showing why they remain revolutionary, humane and of massive spiritual importance.
- ISBN10 1841952915
- ISBN13 9781841952918
- Publish Date 29 August 2002 (first published 1 September 2001)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 June 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Canongate Books Ltd
- Edition Main
- Format Paperback
- Pages 281
- Language English