Jesus

In these pre-millennial days, spirituality and religion feature larger in people's minds than they have for many years. While Britain's multi-cultural masses may recognize the McDonald's "M" more readily than they do the Christian cross, half the population this Easter claimed to believe in the Resurrection. Religion and politics are still the two ripest sources for intelligent debate and most thinking people, regardless of their religious position, have at some time in their lives encountered the New Testament and come to some view about its central figure, Jesus Christ. Richard Ingrams puts together pieces by writers throughout the ages - almost every great writer has expressed a view on Christ at some time. The anthology covers atheists and agnostics, doubters and the devout, the hostile and the indifferent. Writings on this subject comprise some of the most beautiful in the English language, but they can also be anguished, heartrending, serene, joyful or hateful.