Jesus, the Man Who Lives
Will be published approx. on 21. May 2026
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-1-967613-13-7 (ISBN)
Description
"Muggeridge's masterpiece, the greatest achievement of his life as a writer."-The London Times
One of the most arrestingly insightful reflections ever written on the life, person, and teachings of Christ.
In Jesus, the Man Who Lives, the celebrated British author Malcolm Muggeridge offers a meditation that was deemed by The London Times to be his "masterpiece, the greatest achievement of his life as a writer." Muggeridge's portrait of Christ is at once deeply personal and universally accessible.
Beginning with the assertion that the "coming of Jesus into the world is the most stupendous event in human history," Muggeridge provides astute commentary on the events of Christ's life, his teachings, his parables, his prophecies, and his relationships. Along the way, he happily punctures many of the cherished myths held about Jesus-and about itself-by the modern, self-satisfied, largely post-Christian world. With his trademark honesty and wit, Muggeridge concludes that "either Jesus never was or he still is. I assert that he still is."
This new, fiftieth-anniversary edition proudly reintroduces Malcolm Muggeridge's profound spiritual meditation to a new generation of readers.
One of the most arrestingly insightful reflections ever written on the life, person, and teachings of Christ.
In Jesus, the Man Who Lives, the celebrated British author Malcolm Muggeridge offers a meditation that was deemed by The London Times to be his "masterpiece, the greatest achievement of his life as a writer." Muggeridge's portrait of Christ is at once deeply personal and universally accessible.
Beginning with the assertion that the "coming of Jesus into the world is the most stupendous event in human history," Muggeridge provides astute commentary on the events of Christ's life, his teachings, his parables, his prophecies, and his relationships. Along the way, he happily punctures many of the cherished myths held about Jesus-and about itself-by the modern, self-satisfied, largely post-Christian world. With his trademark honesty and wit, Muggeridge concludes that "either Jesus never was or he still is. I assert that he still is."
This new, fiftieth-anniversary edition proudly reintroduces Malcolm Muggeridge's profound spiritual meditation to a new generation of readers.
Reviews / Votes
"Muggeridge's masterpiece, the greatest achievement of his life as a writer."-The London Times"This is a welcome republication of a fervent testimony to the 'most stupendous event in human history.' Muggeridge confesses "the longing of a sinful heart like mine," but that doesn't blunt his brash declaration of the greatness of our Lord one bit. Muggeridge saw fifty years ago what was coming-an ever more aggressive secularism, the dogmatism of science, commercialism infiltrating sites of worship-and so returns to the basic facts of birth, ministry, death, and resurrection, all told in limpid prose and pointed wit. 'Either Jesus never was or he still is,' Muggeridge concludes, and even skeptics, if they are honest, know the first option is not credible."-Mark Bauerlein, First Things
"Jesus, the Man Who Lives, a work of extraordinary
beauty, insight, and grace, is the culmination of fifty years of spiritual
searching on Muggeridge's part. This gifted 'vendor of words' had
long before rejected secularist and totalitarian idols and the concomitant temptations
to make Jesus a fashionable humanitarian teacher, political liberator, or
rabblerouser rather than the Incarnate Son of God. Putting aside the
sophisticated conceits of biblical scholarship, Muggeridge makes the Jesus of
the Gospels shine again in all His luminosity."-Daniel J. Mahoney, author, The
Idol of Our Age: How the Religion of Humanity Subverts Christianity
"A wonderful man, a great wit and a brilliant, brilliant analyst."-William F. Buckley Jr.
"The voice of a craftsman of the English language-and a Christian voice which speaks with all the more splendor because it was born from a seed that was full of doubt, cynicism and self-promotion."-Canon David Winter
"A gifted writer and acerbic wit."-R. R. Reno
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Creed & Culture Books
Product notice
With dust jacket
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-967613-13-7 (9781967613137)
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Persons
Malcolm Muggeridge (1903-90) was one of the most brilliant, original, and pugnacious critics of the twentieth century. A journalist by trade, his sparkling prose and moral seriousness often earned him comparison with his towering British predecessors G. K. Chesterton, George Orwell, and C. S. Lewis. Having seen the truth about communism after a sojourn in Russia in the 1930s, Muggeridge went on a spiritual journey that led him to Christianity in the 1960s and ultimately, in 1982, into the Catholic Church. His bestselling Something Beautiful for God introduced Mother Teresa to the broad reading public. Among his other books are Jesus Rediscovered, Chronicles of Wasted Time, A Third Testament, and The End of Christendom. Peter Hitchens is a broadcaster, journalist, commentator, and author. His books include The Abolition of Britain, A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System, and The Rage Against God: How Atheism Led Me to Faith.
Content
Introduction, by [TK]
Part 1: Jesus Comes into the World
Part 2: What Jesus Came to Tell the World
Part 3: The Man Who Lives
Afterword, by Sally Muggeridge
Index
Part 1: Jesus Comes into the World
Part 2: What Jesus Came to Tell the World
Part 3: The Man Who Lives
Afterword, by Sally Muggeridge
Index