Stephen Chan was awarded the OBE by Queen Elizabeth in 2010 - 'For services to Africa and Higher Education' - the same year he was awarded the International Studies Association accolade, Eminent Scholar in Global Development. Earlier a newspaper editor and literary publisher, and an international civil servant stationed in Africa, he has held responsible positions - including Deanships - at three British universities; held the George Soros Chair at the Central European University, and the Konrad Adenauer Chair at the elite Palestinian Bir Zeit University, among a string of other named and honorific appointments. He is Professor of World Politics at SOAS University of London, remains seconded to diplomatic engagements in Africa and the Middle East and heads the philanthropic Kwok Meil Wah Foundation. He has published 36 earlier scholarly books, five volumes of poetry, and three novels.
Preface: A Meditation on the Book of Job
Chapter 1. The Religions of the Book: The Embodied God and Judaism
Chapter 2. The Religions of the Book: The Embodied Christ
Chapter 3. To Be Embodied or to Be Embalmed?
Chapter 4. Quarrels among the Adherents of the Same Book
Chapter 5. Quarrels Involving Those with No Book
Chapter 6. The Impossibility of Life Outside the Realm of the Book
The Postscript of Possibilities
A Problematic Postscript: The God of Blood
Index
About the Author
