For the first time in Russian, the most famous book of the master of modern religious studies, Marcus Borg! One of the leaders of the controversial Jesus Seminar has written a book about the rebel and mystic Jesus. Borg shows how to understand the actions and words of Jesus of Nazareth against the backdrop of the socio-political structure of the world in which he lived: the plight of the peasants, the arbitrariness of the religious establishment, the Roman occupation, and writes about the prospects for modern Christianity - signs of hope for believers who have overcome the dead ends of fundamentalism and the onslaught of popular culture. The publication is addressed to everyone who is ready to abandon the usual ideas and stereotypes and look at the life and mission of Jesus with a new look.