Julian Baggini challenges our assumptions about Jesus by focusing on his teachings. Stripping away the religious elements, he asks how we should understand Jesus's attitude to the renunciation of the self, to politics or to sexuality. Baggini grapples with the sometimes contradictory messages but finds that Jesus's words amount to a purposeful and powerful philosophy, which has much to teach us. Do Jesus's teachings add up to a coherent moral system, still relevant today?