JESUS IN BAD COMPANY

by Adolf Holl ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 8, 1973

Jesus was, by the standards of his time, a criminal, a heretic, and a revolutionary. He was, in fact, not very different in many respects from many of the ""outsider figures"" so roundly condemned by all right-thinking citizens today. Dr. Holl's purpose is to demonstrate the truth of that assertion. He discusses the notion of socially deviant behavior in connection with Jesus, and describes the essential slant of his attitude toward the social, religious, economic, political and intellectual institutions of his time. And, he argues, Jesus' ""radical"" convictions must have been perfectly clear to the people around him, for the company he kept consisted of heretics, innovators, fanatics, fugitives, revolutionaries, neurotics, hysterics, fools and sinners. The final pages of the book are devoted to a discussion of Jesus the Outsider as the starting point for an attitude to life appropriate to modern times. A startling little book, guaranteed to scandalize the sanctimonious and perhaps to catalyze those who believe that the Church should be something more than the spiritual sword of the Establishment.

Pub Date: Jan. 8, 1973

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Holt, Rinehart & Winston

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 1973

Categories: NONFICTION