Download or read book Good Man Jesus The Scoundrel Christ written by Philip Pullman and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this ingenious and spellbinding retelling of the life of Jesus, Philip Pullman revisits the most influential story ever told. He offers a radical new take on the myths and mysteries of the gospels and of the church that has shaped the course of the last two millennia. Charged with mystery, compassion and enormous power, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ throws fresh light on who Jesus was and asks the reader questions that will continue to reverberate long after the final page is turned. For above all, this book is about how stories become stories.
Download or read book The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ written by Philip Pullman and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2011-03-28 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this ingenious and spellbinding retelling of the life of Jesus, Philip Pullman reimagines the most influential story ever told. Charged with mystery, compassion and great power, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ says something new about who Jesus was and asks questions that will resonate long after the book has been read. The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ is subversive, thought-provoking and deeply moving. Pullman's storytelling genius shows just why the charismatic person of a spontaneous, articulate Jesus has captured the hearts and minds of so many. Right to the end the betrayal of Jesus retains the intensity and suspense of high drama. As does the identity of Jesus Christ. The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ could change the way you think about religion, about God, and about one of the most enduring stories of all time.
Download or read book The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ written by Philip Pullman and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2010-04-21 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thought-provoking retelling of the Gospel story from an atheist perspective. Upon its hardcover publication, renowned author Philip Pullman’s The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ provoked heated debates and stirred a frenzy of controversy throughout the clerical and literary worlds alike with its bold retelling of the life of Jesus Christ. In this remarkable piece of fiction, famously atheistic author Philip Pullman challenges the events of the Gospels and puts forward his own compelling and plausible version of the life of Jesus. Written with unstinting authority, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ is a pithy, erudite, subtle, and powerful book by a beloved author, a text to be read and reread, studied and unpacked, much like the Good Book itself. “The erudite fantasy author, Philip Pullman, makes explicit his complaint against Christian dogma with [this] challenging deconstruction of the Gospels.” —Entertainment Weekly “Inspiring . . . Again and again, [Pullman] displays a marvelous sense of the elemental power of Jesus’s instructions and parables.” —The Washington Post
Download or read book Philip Pullman s Jesus written by Gerald O'Collins and published by Darton Longman and Todd. This book was released on 2010 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philip Pullman’s re-telling of the story of Jesus of Nazareth (The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ) is certainly an impressive achievement. ‘Time and again,’ says Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, ‘when Pullman offers his version of a familiar biblical saying or narrative, he achieves a pitch-perfect rendering in modern idiom, carrying something of the shock and compelling attraction of the original gospel text.’Pullman is clear that what Christians tell us about Jesus is just a story too. The life and teaching of a simple, inspiring, tragic Jewish rabbi was intentionally distorted and embellished, creating a self-serving religious institution with a bloated hierarchy of bishops and priests.In Philip Pullman’s Jesus the leading biblical scholar and theologian, Gerald O’Collins, looks calmly at the evidence. Can we know the truth about Jesus? Did the first followers of Jesus simply make up the story of his rising from the dead? Did Jesus claim a personal authority that put him on a par with the God? As he faced death and celebrated a final meal with his dearest friends, what did he mean by his words and actions?With The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ Philip Pullman issued a serious challenge to the reader to look again at the Gospels,and ask whether or not it is reasonable to believe what the New Testament and the Church teach about the founder of Christianity. In Philip Pullman’s Jesus Gerald O’Collins takes up that challenge with authority, passion and flair.
Download or read book Clockwork written by Philip Pullman and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long ago in Germany, a storyteller's story and an apprentice clockwork-maker's nightmare meet in a menacing, lifelike figure created by the strange Dr. Kalmenius.
Download or read book Daemon Voices written by Philip Pullman and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the internationally best-selling author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, a spellbinding journey into the secrets of his art--the narratives that have shaped his vision, his experience of writing, and the keys to mastering the art of storytelling. One of the most highly acclaimed and best-selling authors of our time now gives us a book that charts the history of his own enchantment with story--from his own books to those of Blake, Milton, Dickens, and the Brothers Grimm, among others--and delves into the role of story in education, religion, and science. At once personal and wide-ranging, Daemon Voices is both a revelation of the writing mind and the methods of a great contemporary master, and a fascinating exploration of storytelling itself.
Download or read book The Amber Spyglass written by Philip Pullman and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lyra and Will find themselves at the center of a battle between the forces of the Authority and those gathered by Lyra's father, Lord Asriel.
Download or read book The Ruby in the Smoke written by Philip Pullman and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1985 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In trade paperback for the first time, the Sally Lockhart Mysteries are given an all-new look. Created by the author of the bestselling His Dark Materials series, this series follows 16-year-old Sally Lockhart as she solves mysteries in Victorian London.
Download or read book Count Karlstein written by Philip Pullman and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2000-02-22 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, a spooky and funny middle-grade thriller from the author of The Golden Compass.
Download or read book Northern Lights written by Philip Pullman and published by Scholastic. This book was released on 1995 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.
Download or read book I Was a Rat written by Philip Pullman and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2002-02-12 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I Was a Rat!” So insists a scruffy boy named Roger. Maybe it’s true. But what is he now? A terrifying monster running wild in the sewers? The Daily Scourge is sure of it. A victim of “Rodent Delusion”? The hospital nurse says yes. A lucrative fairground freak? He is to Mr. Tapscrew. A champion wriggler and a budding thief? That’s what Billy thinks. Or just an ordinary small boy, though a little ratty in his habits? Only three people believe this version of the story. And it may take a royal intervention—and a bit of magic—to convince the rest of the world. Set against the backdrop of a Royal Wedding—and a playful parody of the press, I Was a Rat! is a magical weaving of humor, fairy tale, and adventure.
Download or read book Galatea written by Philip Pullman and published by Dutton Adult. This book was released on 1979 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The novel's narrator is Martin Browning, a young musician. His wife, who is somehow involved in the arcane world of multi-national corporations, has mysteriously disappeared. Martin searches for her first in Spain, where he thinks he has caught a glimpse of her riding in the back seat of a car between two men. Then he follows her trail to the eastern slopes of the Andes. Accompanied by Juan, who may or may not be a real person, he travels toward the Second City, the capital of the Anderson Valley Project, where he is sure he will find his wife. Once in the City he comes in contact with the Electric Whores, an astrologer who is also a werewolf, a deranged midget who serves as a judge, and a sweet-smelling angelic messenger—each revealing an aspect of this oddly distorted corporate society"--Goodreads website.
Download or read book The Tiger in the Well written by Philip Pullman and published by Random House Childrens Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sally's comfortable life with her daughter is shattered when a strange man arrives, claiming to be Sally's husband and Harriet's father, an event that forces mother and child to go into hiding in the dangerous slums of London's East End. Reissue. AB.
Download or read book The Tin Princess written by Philip Pullman and published by Scholastic Canada. This book was released on 2005 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dramatic story of love, loyalty and adventure, set against a backdrop of courtly intrigue... This thrilling conclusion to the Sally Lockhart series follows Sally's good friend Jim Taylor.Now a dashing detective, Jim has spent years looking for Adelaide, the young girl whohelped Sally and her friends so long ago. The last time Jim Taylor saw Adelaide, her life was in grave danger, and when a carriage mysteriously explodes outside her new home, it seems nothing's changed. But Adelaide is no longer a frightened orphan from the slums ofEngland, for she has recently married a prince of a small nation - a nation at the heart of an international power struggle. When her husband is assassinated,Adelaide finds herself crowned queen - a position that seems to require all of the survival skills she learned on the streets.With Jim's help,Adelaide rules the country until political intrigue has them both on the run for their very lives, as the fate of the nation hangs in the balance.
Download or read book The Subtle Knife written by Philip Pullman and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume in Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. The story of Lyra, Will and their incredible journey through many worlds has thrilled millions of children around the world.
Download or read book The Lost Diaries written by Craig Brown and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lost Diaries is a wide-ranging anthology of the world's greatest diarists, each of them channelled onto paper through the considerable psychic force that is Craig Brown.
Download or read book The Golden Compass written by Philip Pullman and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 1997 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan College, Lyra hears rumors of a magical dust that supposedly possesses powers that can unite whole universes, and begins a difficult and dangerous journey to find it.
