Borg, Marcus J., and N.T. Wright.The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions. HarperCollins, 1998. Leading scholars from opposite ends of the theological spectrum offer views on Jesus' life and teachings and discuss what these differing viewpoints mean for the faith of today's Christians.
Pelikan, Jaroslav.Jesus through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture. Yale University Press, 1987. A noted historian and theologian traces the impact of Jesus on cultural, political, social, and economic history. An abridged, illustrated version was published in 1997 as The Illustrated Jesus through the Centuries.