This novel left me stymied. I could not determine whether it was sacrilegious or not. Its comments on Jesus, and the pivotal concept of the book for that matter, were quite confusing.
The main character discovers a way to harness energy from doing good deeds to enhance his personality and abilities. The process was not explained. All the main character did was some intropsection and he magically discovered an innovative surgery method. The connection with his good deeds was not clear. It was all very peculiar.
Apparently this mysterious process was how Jesus was able to perform His miracles. No position on His divinity was established, so the extent of the heresy was hard to see. The concept of God was even more obscure. A conversation with an agnostic minister gives only the experience of the main character duirng his introspective times as evidence for a higher power. Considering the book was written by a minister, it is a pathetic theology at best.
The romantic elements, too, were unsatisfactory. The condition of the characters' relationship was up in the air most of the time, and the plot relied too heavily on coincidences to bring the two together. A lot of the book was extraneous and slow. It was a very strange work.
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