The Lost Spiritual World

This lavishly illustrated, computer-generated gospel of St. Mark is, at once, a repository of old and new theological commentary, an ode to neuroscience and quantum physics, and a guide for seekers of all faiths who choose not to take the Bible literally. Drawing the text from the nondenominational Scholars Version used by major universities, this rendition includes fresh readings of Aramaic, Greek, and Hebrew sources as well as insights from modern spiritual explorers such as Karen Armstrong, Bruce Chilton, Wayne Dyer, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Susan Sontag. With special attention given to ideas about the light and dark sides of Jesus, the tension between masculine and feminine power, the guilt and shame imposed by traditional readings of the gospels, and the possibility of embracing both Eastern and Western spiritual traditions, this interpretation of the earliest book of the New Testament uses a stylized, computer-screen format to both raise and answer theological questions.