Published in 2010 by Canongate Books,[1] as part of the Canongate Myth Series, it retells the story of Jesus as if he were two people, brothers, "Jesus" and "Christ", with contrasting personalities; Jesus being a moral and godly man, and his brother Christ a calculating figure who wishes to use Jesus' legacy to found a powerful Church.[2][3]
While Christopher Hitchens, author of God Is Not Great, praised Pullman's His Dark Materials, he was more critical of The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, labelling Pullman "a Protestant atheist" for supporting the teachings of Christ but being critical of organised religion.[5]
good, jesus, scoundrel, christ, novel, philip, pullman, authorphilip, pullmanpublishercanongate, bookspublication, date2010pages245isbn978, 8021, 2996, 3oclc456177369, published, 2010, canongate, books, part, canongate, myth, series, retells, story, jesus, wer. The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ is a novel by Philip Pullman The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel ChristAuthorPhilip PullmanPublisherCanongate BooksPublication date2010Pages245ISBN978 0 8021 2996 3OCLC456177369 Published in 2010 by Canongate Books 1 as part of the Canongate Myth Series it retells the story of Jesus as if he were two people brothers Jesus and Christ with contrasting personalities Jesus being a moral and godly man and his brother Christ a calculating figure who wishes to use Jesus legacy to found a powerful Church 2 3 Critical reception editPullman s historical understanding has been criticised by Jesuit theologian Gerald O Collins 4 While Christopher Hitchens author of God Is Not Great praised Pullman s His Dark Materials he was more critical of The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ labelling Pullman a Protestant atheist for supporting the teachings of Christ but being critical of organised religion 5 Diarmaid MacCulloch reviewed the book positively for Literary Review 6 References edit Philip Pullman s Scoundrel Christ gets the enhanced treatment The Independent Independent Print Limited 29 March 2010 Archived from the original on 15 April 2010 Retrieved 3 December 2010 Philip Pullman creates a darker Christ in new assault on the church retrieved 30 March 2010 Philip Pullman to publish novel about the Scoundrel Christ retrieved 30 March 2010 Gerald O Collins 2010 Philip Pullman s Jesus Darton Longman and Todd ISBN 978 0 232 52806 0 Both books have been reviewed by Brian McClorry S J Hitchens Christopher 9 July 2010 In the Name of the Father the Sons The New York Times Retrieved 30 June 2017 MacCulloch Diarmaid All Too Human Literary Review Retrieved 12 December 2020External links editThe Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ website Review of Philip Pullman s Jesus and The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ Sermon given at Westminster Abbey on The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ available via Wayback Machine here nbsp This article about a 2010s novel is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ amp oldid 1216833894, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
