• a view of Jesus as itinerant Mediterranean peasant bring healing and hope to the powerless
• an "equality" theme stressing Jesus' view that all people -- regardless of age, gender, race, status -- deserve justice and respect.
• based on the four Gospels of the New Testament enlightened by 20th-century archeological, linguistsic, and theological findings and interpretations
• a UU perspective of Jesus of Nazareth, not Jesus the Christ as developed after his death by Christian theology
• a course developed and tested during seven years at the UU Church of Arlington, Virginia
• informed by the Beacon Press publication Jesus, the Carpenter's Son by Sophia Fahs, by John Dominic Crossan's Jesus, A Revolutionary Biography, and The Five Gospels by the Jesus Seminar

"A mood of inquiry runs through these lessons, as students and teachers together consider the life and words of a Jewish peasant of 2000 years ago who lived so simply and yet whose impact so affected the course of Western history. Ws study Jesus today as we would other great religious prophets, because his ideas about radical non-violence (Do not turn against the one who wrongs you), fairness (Let the one who is perfect cast the first stone), and equality (Suffer the children to come unto me) are as vital and important for contemporary society as they were two millenia ago."

To order, send $70 to: Kingdom of Equals 6138 Farver Road, McLean, VA 22101