Reintroducing Jesus: Uncovering Jesus in the Misinformation Age

By Steve DiSebastian

Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up?

Whether atheist, Muslim, Mormon, evangelical, spiritual-but-not-religious, "other," or "none," everyone seems to have an opinion about Jesus. For 2,000 years people have been making some radically different claims about Jesus of Nazareth-the most influential person to ever live. Today, it's not getting any easier. Every flimsy theory and "alternative fact" about Jesus refuses to die thanks to the internet.

Was Jesus just a larger-than-life legend? A regular rabbi with family troubles? Was he progressive? Conservative? Mentally unstable? Was he a zealous revolutionary? God in the flesh? Or just a really nice guy like your hippy neighbor?

Reintroducing Jesus: Uncovering Jesus of Nazareth in the Misinformation Age looks at the best historical information available to rediscover Jesus of Nazareth in a world full of noise.

"This book is a relevant and concrete foundation needed during a time when everything is in question."
Rev. Nathan Karcesky, Senior Pastor, Journey Church, Conway, NH

"Steve masterfully weaves historic details about Christ's life into this book that makes it an excellent, enjoyable read for the searching teenager, the challenging skeptic, and the well-read theologian."
Dr. James Smock, Head of School, Timothy Christian School, Piscataway, NJ

"Regularly in our culture, people have remade Jesus into the person they want him to be-which most of the time bears little resemblance to the actual historical Jesus. This book offers a corrective. Steven clearly is familiar with the technical academic scholarship on these questions, but he is able to present the material in such a way that is simple-but not simplistic-and equally readable to a high school student or adult."
Dr. James Parker, retired Professor of Worldview and Culture, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

"... interesting and thought-provoking for the non-religious, the curious, as well as the studious."
Dr. Corey Miller, President of Ratio Christi

Introduction - The Big Question
PART I - How We Know About Jesus
Chapter 1 - Telephone Game Trauma
Chapter 2 - Ready the Canon, Matey
Chapter 3 - Ancient Dead Dudes
Chapter 4 - Contradictions & Coincidences
PART II - What We Know About Jesus
Chapter 5 - Creed (The Prequel)
Chapter 6 - The Absurdity of a Crucified God
Chapter 7 - One Person, Two Natures, Many Confused People
Chapter 8 - God Complex, Literally
*A Brief Intermission
PART III - What Jesus Taught
Chapter 9 - Spiritual But Not Religious
Chapter 10 - Politically Incorrect
Chapter 11 - King of Creation or The Dude?
Outro - What Another Empty Tomb Tells Us About Jesus

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Once an ardent atheist, Steve DiSebastian is a community apologist and chapter director at Rutgers University for Ratio Christi, an international campus ministry dedicated to thoughtful Christianity. He's also a classroom Bible teacher to high schoolers, pastor of Anchor Church, and a jiujitsu instructor. Despite his cauliflower ear, he's blessed with a wife and two children who love him. For better or for worse, Steve has lived most of his life in NJ. He holds an M.Div from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

You can find out more about his ministries at ConfidenceInChrist.org.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CQC9GXS5
• ISBN13: 9798398202748
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"