American New Testament scholar and progressive Christian theologian who wrote Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time — arguing for a non-literal reading of the Gospels that recovers Jesus as a Spirit-filled social prophet — and who was a key figure in the Jesus Seminar.
Developed a historically grounded but spiritually engaged reading of Jesus — distinguishing the pre-Easter Jesus (historical) from the post-Easter Jesus (the living spiritual presence experienced by Christians) — arguing that one can be a serious Christian without believing in the literal physical resurrection.
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