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Monday, August 9, 2010

The Miracle Man by Maggy Whitehouse

Author Maggy Whitehouse has written a re-telling of Jesus in a modern context. What if Jesus arrived on earth today and he was a judge on a talent show similar to American Idol?

The book is called The Miracle Man and it begins with a couple who get in a car accident. The wife is killed instantly but the husband somehow survives and gets this Christ-complex. He can heal people and he actually follows the actions of Jesus.

He doesn't claim to be Jesus, he doesn't claim to be divine; he just feels a special connection to The Source (his way of referring to God). He feels called to a special calling.

He draws people near him, his disciples are more like bodyguards than fishermen and he has no issue with promoting what he can do.

I felt like I was reading a book Oprah would love to promote and with how the television show Lost ended, I felt like this book connects with the current postmodern feel for religion.

Christians will find this book ultra-controversial.

This book was provided for review by O Books Publishing.