Summary
Emmanuel Carrere: Empire
Le Monde Award
How is it possible that in the XXI century people still believe in God and his Empire? What do believers actually believe in? Why is Roman or Greek mythology only interesting to us, and we believe in Christ for two thousand years?
The author seeks answers to these questions from a historical, sociological and theological point of view. And from personal experience.
In one period of my life I was a Christian. That went on for three years and it passed me by. So, matter settled? It seems not quite, because twenty years later, I feel the need to return to her. The paths of the New Testament that I crossed then as a believer, I cross today as a novelist? Or as a historian? Let's say - as a researcher.
We got a history of the first century of Christianity based on fundamental studies, told intellectually honestly and very humorously.
Emmanuel Carrère, writer, journalist, screenwriter and director, was born in Paris in 1957. He graduated in political science. He received several awards for his literary work.
Biblos Newsletter
New titles, special copies and quiet recommendations from the antiquarian bookshop.