Uncompromising ethics with Jesus, Rousseau, Hugo, Jaurès and Tolstoy

"L'Affaire Jesus" (whose title is a quotation from Charles Peguy in "Clio") is a book (published in 1982) intimate touching the mind of Jesus Christ, the faith of the author, and Leglise the great intellectual references Henri Guillemin (1903-1992). "Intimate" because it was written in 79 years, "The Case of Jesus" is the testimony of the course of his life and his faith (especially in the third part of the book where the author attests to an important moment in his life in 1955 vis-à-vis his wife and son.)

This book is constructed in three parts:

-the first is entitled "The Nazarene" which wants a story of Christ's thinking, the Gospels and their messages through the life of Jesus placed in its historical context: "Ieschoua" that is to say Jesus . This part is both historical and metaphysical means by reading the message of the Gospels (that is exciting and educational).

-The Second part is called "Barriers": that is to say the opposition is H. Guillemin between the message of Christ (Gospels) and opposition to domination by the Church of the earthly power. Actually, I think this part is the most banal of the book (and even a bit unfair since Leglise Guillemin wants Christian and anticlerical same time.)

-Finally, The third most autobiographical -that we quoted earlier this commentaire- entitled: "And I say to you ...". In this last part, H. Guillemin exposes us its metaphysical and ethical ecstasy through regularly quotes its models are Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Tolstoy, Alphonse de Lamartine, Jean Jaurès and of course Jesus Christ.