"James Martin, SJ, gifted storyteller, editor at large of America magazine, popular media commentator, and New York Times bestselling author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything, brings the Gospels to life in Jesus: A Pilgrimage, and invites believers and...
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"James Martin, SJ, gifted storyteller, editor at large of America magazine, popular media commentator, and New York Times bestselling author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything, brings the Gospels to life in Jesus: A Pilgrimage, and invites believers and seekers alike to experience Jesus through Scripture, prayer and travel.Combining the fascinating insights of historical Jesus studies with profound spiritual insights about the Christ of faith, Father Martin recreates the world of first-century Galilee and Judea to usher you into Jesus's life and times and show readers how Jesus speaks to us today. Martin also brings together the most up-to-date Scripture scholarship, wise spiritual reflections, and lighthearted stories about traveling through the Holy Land with a fellow (and funny) Jesuit, visiting important sites in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. The person at the heart of the Gospels can seem impossibly distant. Stories about his astonishing life and ministry--clever parables that upended everyone's expectations, incredible healings that convinced even skeptics, nature miracles that dazzled the dumbstruck disciples--can seem far removed from our own daily lives, hard to understand, and at times irrelevant. But in Jesus you will come to know him as Father Martin knows him: Messiah and Savior, as well as friend and brother"--
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- Catalogue Code 415368
- Product Code 9780062024244
- ISBNÂ 0062024248
- EANÂ 9780062024244
- Pages 560
- Department General Books
- Category Christian Living
- Sub-Category General
- Publisher Harperone
- Publication Date Mar 2016
- Sales Rank 46453
- Dimensions 204 x 135 x 35mm
- Weight 0.410kg
James Martin
James Martin is an assocaite editor of America. A graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, James Martin worked six years in corporate finance before entering the Society of Jesus in 1988. He was ordained a priestin June 1999. He is the author of In Good Company, This Our Exile and editor ofHow Can I Find God?