Jesus Human

Book summary

A global, cross-cultural meditation on becoming fully human through Jesus, resisting ideologies and habits that deform shared humanity.

Chapter & section guide

1. Introduction: Who Do You Think You Are?

   Human identity is a theological and relational question.

2. Part One: Becoming a Jesus Human

   Jesus reveals humanity as love, presence, humility, and embodied relation.

3. Part Two: You Need the Divine to Be Human

   Full humanity is received through participation in divine life.

4. Part Three: Inhumane Dreams

   Religion, intellectualism, nostalgia, economics, politics, celebrity, drugs, technology, and dreamlessness become dehumanizing when absolutized.

5. Part Four: Abecedary of a Global Jesus Humanity

   A multilingual alphabet gathers wisdom from diverse cultures into a Christ-centered vision of human flourishing.

6. Adab / Adiaphora / Agape

   Courtesy, freedom in secondary matters, and self-giving love shape humane life.

7. Asabiyyah / Ashram / Bespoke

   Belonging, disciplined community, and particularity resist mass-produced identity.

8. Carne / Dao / Eucharist

   Embodiment, way, and shared table reveal relational humanity.

9. FUBAR / Guanxi / Hehe

   Brokenness, networks of obligation, and harmony expose both the need and possibility of repair.

10. Ikigai / Jubilee and later entries

    Purpose, release, and cross-cultural wisdom become practices of a global Jesus humanity.