Samuel Wells is the vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and Visiting Professor of Christian ethics at King's College, London. He is a former Dean of Duke University Chapel in North Carolina, USA, and has published more than 20 books, including Living Without Enemies: Being Present in the Midst of Violence (2012), Be Not Afraid: Facing Fear with Faith (2011), and Introducing Christian Ethics (with Ben Quash, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010).

"It is academic and intelligent while being accessible. It is, at the same time, highly original, and devotional and inspiring." (Church Times, May 2016)

• Prologue: The Most Important Word 1Introduction: God Is With Us 71 Being With 112 A Nazareth Manifesto 20Part I: Realignment 333 Reassessing the Human Predicament 354 Reconceiving the Divine Purpose 50Part II: God is With Us 655 The Story of Jesus 676 The Stories of Jesus 867 Embodying the Story of Jesus 100Part III: Being With 1238 God Being With God 1259 God Being With Us 14710 Being With One Another in Nazareth 16911 Being With One Another in Galilee 18712 Being With One Another in Jerusalem 202Part IV: Explorations 22913 Theological Ramifications 23114 Social Embodiments 248Part V: Implications 26915 The Transcendence of Justice 27116 The Transfiguration of Suffering 283Epilogue: Magnificat 298Acknowledgments 304Afterword 305Scriptural Index 311Subject Index 314

Samuel Wells is the vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and Visiting Professor of Christian ethics at King's College, London. He is a former Dean of Duke University Chapel in North Carolina, USA, and has published more than 20 books, including Living Without Enemies: Being Present in the Midst of Violence (2012), Be Not Afraid: Facing Fear with Faith (2011), and Introducing Christian Ethics (with Ben Quash, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010).

"It is academic and intelligent while being accessible. It is, at the same time, highly original, and devotional and inspiring." (Church Times, May 2016)

• Prologue: The Most Important Word 1Introduction: God Is With Us 71 Being With 112 A Nazareth Manifesto 20Part I: Realignment 333 Reassessing the Human Predicament 354 Reconceiving the Divine Purpose 50Part II: God is With Us 655 The Story of Jesus 676 The Stories of Jesus 867 Embodying the Story of Jesus 100Part III: Being With 1238 God Being With God 1259 God Being With Us 14710 Being With One Another in Nazareth 16911 Being With One Another in Galilee 18712 Being With One Another in Jerusalem 202Part IV: Explorations 22913 Theological Ramifications 23114 Social Embodiments 248Part V: Implications 26915 The Transcendence of Justice 27116 The Transfiguration of Suffering 283Epilogue: Magnificat 298Acknowledgments 304Afterword 305Scriptural Index 311Subject Index 314

Samuel Wells is the vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and Visiting Professor of Christian ethics at King's College, London. He is a former Dean of Duke University Chapel in North Carolina, USA, and has published more than 20 books, including Living Without Enemies: Being Present in the Midst of Violence (2012), Be Not Afraid: Facing Fear with Faith (2011), and Introducing Christian Ethics (with Ben Quash, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010).

"It is academic and intelligent while being accessible. It is, at the same time, highly original, and devotional and inspiring." (Church Times, May 2016)

• Prologue: The Most Important Word 1Introduction: God Is With Us 71 Being With 112 A Nazareth Manifesto 20Part I: Realignment 333 Reassessing the Human Predicament 354 Reconceiving the Divine Purpose 50Part II: God is With Us 655 The Story of Jesus 676 The Stories of Jesus 867 Embodying the Story of Jesus 100Part III: Being With 1238 God Being With God 1259 God Being With Us 14710 Being With One Another in Nazareth 16911 Being With One Another in Galilee 18712 Being With One Another in Jerusalem 202Part IV: Explorations 22913 Theological Ramifications 23114 Social Embodiments 248Part V: Implications 26915 The Transcendence of Justice 27116 The Transfiguration of Suffering 283Epilogue: Magnificat 298Acknowledgments 304Afterword 305Scriptural Index 311Subject Index 314