Paul Hessert's 1993 work of theology and cultural criticism stands as a beacon for those who search for a Christianity which turns from belief to faith. Hessert, along with the Apostle Paul, offers a vision for a Christianity which invites the reader to stake their life on an alternative way of being in the world. How to join Christ in his passion is the question Hessert seeks to answer, or more pointedly, how to live in the absence of meaning and power.
"Hessert has writen a profoundly unsettling book. Christ crucified does not simply reverse the values of our various cultures, but destroys them. By the time Hessert is finished with his radical surgery, wear are left with nothing and no one to fall back on but God, not the manageable god of the 'Theologian' or the reasonable god of the 'Philospher' but the free and unpredictable God of the gospels." – Rev. Dr. Michael Williams