Jesus: The Person and the Mission

“This engaging book is both scholarly and personal. It incorporates the most recent scholarship on the Jesus of history and presents it in a way that is readable and understandable, even for beginners. The author’s excitement for the topic is evident throughout, inviting the reader’s own intellectual and spiritual response.”


—Michael J. Dodds, OP, professor of theology, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology





“Father Morris integrates scholarship and comprehensive analysis in this contemporary volume of Christology which provides clarity to the kingdom of God—past, present, and future—confirming our shared humanity with Jesus as revealer and intermediary whose life embodies a sacred universal focus on love. This book is an invitation to readers to know the authentic Jesus of Nazareth creating a concurrent fresh understanding of faith and theology.”


—Kathleen Shannon Dorcy, director of research, scholarship, and ethics, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center





“In Jesus: The Person and the Mission, Fr. John Morris beautifully accomplishes his stated goals to (1) simplify the challenges of reading the vast amount of contemporary research on the subject, (2) present challenging questions for the reader, and (3) assist in the development of our own personal understanding of Jesus’ vision for the world. Written for a general audience, Fr. Morris supplies us with an accessible yet scholarly work that is sure to both illuminate as well as inspire.”


—Ed Tywoniak, professor emeritus, Saint Mary’s College of California





“This book—at once highly erudite and yet imminently readable—is the fruit of a lifetime of study, teaching, pastoral ministry, and personal devotion. Father John Morris offers us a rich feast of thoughtful intellectual discourse on the person and mission of Jesus, who has indeed been the center of Father John’s life. I am pleased and honored to have this opportunity to endorse Father John’s fine work.”


—David Gentry, professor of theology, Pontifical Beda College