THE EXISTENTIAL JESUS (NEW EDITION)
Book ID/图书代码： 11980511B51171
English Summary/英文概要： Jesus is the man who made the West. What kind of man was he? Is he relevant to a modern world shaken by crises of meaning?
The churches have mainly projected him as Jesus the carer and comforter, Jesus meek and mild, friend of the weak. This is Jesus the Good Shepherd, who preaches on sin and forgiveness. He is Lord and Saviour.
But this church Jesus is not remotely like the existential hero portrayed in the first and most potent telling of his life-story — that of Mark. Mark’s Jesus is a lonely and restless, mysterious stranger. His mission is dark and obscure. Everything he tries fails. By the end there is no God, no loyal followers — just torture by crucifixion, climaxing in a colossal death-scream. The story closes without a resurrection from the dead. There is just an empty tomb, and three women fleeing in terror.
The existential Jesus speaks today. He does not spout doctrine; he has no interest in sin; his focus is not on some after-life. He gestures enigmatically from within his own gruelling experience, inviting the reader to walk in his shoes.
He singles out everybody’s central question: ’Who am I?’ The truth lies within individual identity, resounding in the depths of the inner self. The existential Jesus is the West’s great teacher on the nature of being.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 耶稣是创造了西方世界的人，那么他是怎样的一个人呢？他与对生命的意义所动摇的现代世界还有重要性吗？
教堂已经把耶稣塑造成一位照顾者与保惠师，性情谦和温顺，是弱势群体的朋友。这就是耶稣善牧，他劝诫罪过和宽恕。他是上帝和救世主。
但是教堂塑造的耶稣和在他最原始也最有力的传记内描写的英雄有很大的差异－此传记由马克述说。在马克的故事里，耶稣是一位孤独不安的神秘陌生人。他的使命是黑暗和模糊的。做过的任何事都是失败的。到最后竟没有了上帝，也没有了忠诚的信徒－仅仅是钉在十字架上受折磨，在巨大的死亡尖叫中迎来生命的高潮。传记里并没有耶稣复活的故事就划下了终点。只有空空的棺材和三个女人在恐惧的笼罩下惊慌逃走。
在传记内存在的这位耶稣今日发言。他没有喷口教条；他也对罪孽毫无兴趣；他的精神也没有集中在某些来生上。他神秘的姿态来自于他自己疲于奔命的生活经历，吸引读者随着他漫步于他的足迹之中。
他单挑了大家最主要的问题：“我是谁?” 这个真理在于对个体的鉴别，回荡于自己的内心深处。这位存在主义的耶稣是西方世界最伟大的心灵导师，教授世人存在的意义。(LNL & CK)
Awards/获奖情况：”卡洛(Carroll) 如此引人入胜， 困难和矛盾论的描述和法国哲学家雅克·德里达(Jacques Derrida)最好的著作相同。“ －《澳洲人》(The Australian)
“任何怀疑约翰-卡洛(John Carroll)身为澳洲最有创造力和原创力的思想家之一的人在看了这本书之后都会打消他们的怀疑。” －《每日电报》(The Daily Telegraph)
发行版权:
意大利版（伐兹编辑）；北美版（软脑壳出版社）；匈牙利版（Typotex Kiado出版社）
"Carroll’s account is as exciting, difficult, and contradictory as the best of Jacques Derrida."－The Australian
"Anyone with doubts about John Carroll being one of Australia’s most creative and original thinkers will see them dissipate after a close reading of this book."－The Daily Telegraph
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Italian translation (Fazi Editore); North America (Soft Skull Press/Counterpoint); Hungarian translation (Typotex Kiado)
About the Author/作者介绍： 约翰-卡洛(John Carroll)是墨尔本 (Melbourne) 拉特罗布大学(La Trobe University)的社会学教授。他近期的著作包括：《西方文化的破碎：人文主义重游》(The Wreck of Western Culture: humanism revisited)、《耶稣的存在》(The Existential Jesus)、《自我与灵魂》(Ego and Soul) 新版本和《希腊朝圣》(Greek Pilgrimage)。John Carroll is professor of sociology at La Trobe University in Melbourne. His recent books include The Wreck of Western Culture: humanism revisited, The Existential Jesus, a new version of Ego and Soul, and Greek Pilgrimage.
Format:HARDCOVER
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