Faith, we are told, moves mountains. But it is far less successful with biographies. Case in point: Paul Johnson’s new book on Jesus, subtitled A Biography from a Believer. First, the good news.
Upstate New York in the early nineteenth century was known as the “Burned-Over District,” on account of the wildfires of religious enthusiasm that regularly swept through the area. The revivals came ...
Ponce Pilate martyrisé à Lyon. Jésus qui, toujours enfant, fait revenir à la vie un enfant tombé d'un toit pour qu'il le disculpe. Et sainte Anne, si importante dans la piété populaire québécoise, qui ...
Jay Parini re-read the gospels in Greek and went to work writing a biography of Jesus. “I wrote it off the top of my head,” Parini said. “I closed my eyes and sat down and wrote the book.” Most heads ...
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À la lecture de l’entretien du Frère Renaud Silly, dominicain et directeur du Dictionaire Jésus, une internaute s’interroge sur la nature des Évangiles : biographies antiques ou écrits théologiques ?
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