This ground breaking book by controversial theologian James Alison was originally published in the UK under the title Living in the End Times – The last things re-imagined. In this revised version the author has added an all-new chapter reflecting on his work in the light of the decade and more since publication, bringing a seminal work into the twenty-first century with a fresh and revealing relevance.

‘This would be an excellent book to introduce Christian theology to undergraduates; for here you have theology done not as something they are supposed to ‘know about’, but rather as an activity necessary for helping us better negotiate the world’s violence.’

Stanley Hauerwas

‘James Alison has a very rare gift in making the New Testament really new to the reader. This book takes up and takes further the brilliant work he has already published on Jesus, and thinks through a comprehensive theology of how we are transformed, set free from a culture of terror and violence into a new condition of sharing in the imagination of Jesus. A deeply compelling book.’

Rowan Williams