This book, containing eight Lectures delivered by Arthur C. Headlam in Harvard University on the William Belden Noble Foundation, makes fresh Investigation into the life and Teaching of Jesus the Christ. Discussing the later Ministry of the Lord, it touches upon the questions related to His Death upon the cross, as well as the Resurrection and the Virgin Birth.

Also, it traces the origin of the Christian Church, and examines the relation of the historical Christ to the Christ of faith.