by Philip Pullman
I decided to read this book because I'm a fan of Philip Pullman since I read His Dark Materials, I'm interested in the exploration of the history and foundation of religions and I thought the title was curious and funny. The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ revisits the story of the man tha...
A way less creative way to bash the Catholic church/organized religion than HDM. Pullman should have just written an essay (that's what large parts of this book felt like) and been done with it. If you're looking for a fictionalized account of Jesus' life, skip this and read Lamb: The Gospel Accordi...
Whenever I think about the Bible, I am always fascinated by the double nature of the book. You have sinners in the hand of an angry god along with gentle men who call children to their side. You have the Old Testament and the New Testament, the sometimes conflicting Gospels, the rules that outline s...
This was just OK for me. The concept is interesting, Mary gives birth to two boys, one she names Jesus the other Christ. Christ represents the church and how it has exploited the "historical" Jesus through out the ages. Like I said, a good concept, but as it was presented in this book, not at all th...
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