Released in the UK January 2025
Released in the US January 2025
Large trade hardback | 224 Pages
9781527112223 • £14.99 $21.99
BISAC – REL067040
Samuel G. Parkison makes a startling claim: Jesus is the most beautiful man to ever exist. His defence is theoretical and experiential: he knows him to be ultimate beauty and he has experienced him to be so.
Deconstructing cultural notions that beauty is subjective or sentimental, Parkison constructs an impressive picture of God’s breathtaking beauty. On this firm foundation, the only building to rise is one that testifies to Jesus, the God–man, as the most beautiful man that ever lived.
Samuel G. Parkison
Samuel G. Parkison is Associate Professor of Theological Studies at the Gulf Theological Seminary in the United Arab Emirates. He is the author of ‘To Gaze Upon God: The Beatific Vision in Doctrine, Tradition, and Practice’; ‘Irresistible Beauty: Beholding Triune Glory in the Face of Jesus Christ’; and co–author of ‘Proclaiming the Triune God: The Doctrine of the Trinity in the Life of the Church’.
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Page after page, I smiled from ear to ear. … This is theology at its best, fueling serious joy.
David Mathis
Executive Editor, desiringGod.org; Pastor, Cities Church, Minneapolis/St Paul
… Parkison’s work trains our taste so that we properly value what, or Whom, is objectively Beautiful.
James R. Wood
Assistant Professor of Religion and Theology, Redeemer University, Ancaster, Ontario
Both highly accessible and unabashedly deep, this is a must–have resource on the beauty of our Savior.
Harrison Perkins
Pastor, Oakland Hills Community Church (OPC), Farmington Hills, Michigan; author, ‘Righteous by Design: Covenantal Merit and Adam’s Original Integrity’
… convincingly shows how vital affirming the beauty of Christ is for both theology and the Christian life. Readers would do well to give this book a slow read and marvel at the beauty of the Lord.
Ronni Kurtz
Assistant Professor of Theology, Cedarville University, Ohio; author, ‘Fruitful Theology: How the Life of the Mind Leads to the Life of the Soul’