Podcasts about scoundrel christ

When I buy a book, I weigh three considerations: my level of interest, the cost, and the. book's length (more or less in that order). I will never read a book I don't want to read. I will rarely pay anywhere remotely close to retail (Hal Hammons, famous tightwad; you know my schtick by now) And I would rather read a short book than a long book;  if you saw my To Be Read stack, you'd understand why. My “surprising books” tend to be ones where either my level of interest was pretty low and I was surprised in a good way, or ones where my level of interest was unusually high and I was surprised in a bad way. I'm pleased to say most of the surprises so far in 2024 have been good ones. Lord willing, as with the other lists I'll post this month, I'll be back in December with my lists for the year as a whole. 10.  The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, by Philip Pullman9. The Bookstore that Floated Away, by Sarah Henshaw8. The Hiding Place, by Corrie Ten Boom7.  Deceived No More, by Doreen Virtue6. Helen of Troy, by Margaret George5. Sense and Sensuality, by Ravi Zacharias4. Our Town, by Thornton Wilder3. God and My Father, by Clarence Day2. A God Named Josh, by Jared Brock1. Selfies, by Craig Detweiler

Is March Fourth a "declarative sentence"? No, Sam, it's an imperative sentence. But it's Hannah's birthday and at least he remembered that, if not his grammar lessons. Not to worry, though, this episode is chock full of weighty discussion, starting with "Women and Children First," the biography of the pioneering Dr. Susan Dimock (with a side bar on the enshittification of Google), and the subject of our first Sunday Salon on March 10 in Beverly Farms. From there, we head into discussion of a cool little collection of Jonathan Lethem essays, interviews, and short stories from PM Press, which got Sam buzzing, and not just because Lethem is living in Maine right now. This leads to a solid discussion of what makes for a good interview (or a bad one) — and that dovetails perfectly into Hannah's read of "Supercommunicators," by Charles Duhigg, which leads into a discussion of ski instructors who could really use the book and communication techniques that may seem obvious, but also work.  Someone who doesn't need much advice about communication is Philip Pullman, whose "The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ" is a triumph and has Sam very excited, despite the fact it was released 13 years ago. He's not sure how he missed it. If you're interested in mythmaking and Christianity's core stories, you have to read it. And, speaking of mythmaking, Hannah has read the new Katherine Arden, "The Warm Hands of Ghosts," and it does seem to deliver on all of her promise from the "Bear and the Nightingale" trilogy, which makes Sam hyperbolic. It's dark and makes clear that war is, indeed, very bad. The new Stephen King, though? Yeah, it's also pretty bad. Sam's going to finish "Holly," but he's not sure why. The phrase "social commentary for three-year-olds" may have been uttered. However, it does trigger a pretty good discussion about whether you can write a good book that's only for a certain subset of people or if truly good books are "for everyone." Like Paul Lynch's "Prophet Song," which everyone really needs to read. As a reminder. 

This week Sam and Daniel sit down to talk about the resurrection and the ease in which various groups of people can slip into a supremacy mindset. To note, Sam isn't well in this conversation and that does come across here and there. The video version of this conversation can be found here on our YouTube channel 12 hours after the audio version goes live. Recourses mentioned in this show: The Resurrection of Jesus: Apologetics, Polemics, History by Dale Allison The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World by Tom Holland You can find/follow Daniel here: Twitter The video version of this conversation can be found here on our YouTube channel 12 hours after the audio version goes live. We hope you enjoy our show. When Belief Dies aims to honestly reflect on faith, religion and life. Your support via Patreon enables us to cover the costs of running this show and look to the future to make things even better as we build upon what we already have in the works. Please take a look and consider giving. Alternatively, you can support the show with a one-off gift via PayPal or Bitcoin. Use the following link to navigate to the website, to find us on social media and anywhere else we might be present online. #Podcast #Deconstruction #God #Agnostic #Christian #Atheism #Apologetics #Audio #Question #Exvangelical #Deconversion #SecularGrace #Exchristian

In prominent atheist author Philip Pullman’s ‘The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ’, he re-imagines the story of Jesus as the story of two twins - one called Jesus, the other Christ. It is the twin Christ who writes the history of Jesus, turning him into the God-man of the Gospels. Philip Pullman joins Justin Brierley to discuss whether we should believe the biblical stories of Jesus as historical fact or whether myth and invention are inevitable in the 2,000 year old Gospel accounts. Christian journalist Martin Saunders engages Pullman on his view of the Church and his scepticism of the miraculous, while Bible Scholar Anthony McRoy challenges Pullman's view that the Gospels are the product of the mythologising and interpretation of its historical core. He particularly takes issue with Pullman's recasting of the resurrection as a fabricated trick to create the foundation of the future church. For ‘The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ’ see http://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Jesus-Scoundrel-Christ-Myths/dp/1847678254   For Unbelievable? The Conference 2021 http://www.unbelievable.live  USA listeners check out our new USA website for exclusive resources and to support us: http://www.unbelievable.show  Subscribe to our newsletter and receive the free Unbelievable? e-book ‘In Conversation With…’ https://www.premier.org.uk/Unbelievablenewsletter    Support the show: https://resources.premier.org.uk/supportunbelievable     For more faith debates visit http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UnbelievableJB    Twitter https://twitter.com/unbelievablejb     Insta https://www.instagram.com/justin.brierley 

Welcome to Season Two! To kick off a new season we dive right in with some hot new debuts including Raven Leilani's much hyped Luster and poet Ocean Vuong's first novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. Elle gets biblical and waxes lyrical about Philip Pullman's The Good Man Jesus and The Scoundrel Christ and The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson. The girls discuss a very sexy million dollar idea, Elle's hot take on Valentine's Day and Camilla has a bit of a floral dilemma. Follow us on Instagram @prosebeforehoespodcast and Twitter @prose_hoes_pod

Featuring Mark Vernon, who incorporates narrative into his work as a psychotherapist, and insights from his practice into his work as an author. He's been hosting the video of this conversation over on his website for weeks, but better late than never I thought I'd post the audio and video of it, too, along with more musical themes from the imaginary video game adaptation following the conversation, and an exciting announcement for the new year! Mark's website: http://www.markvernon.com/ Mark's review of The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/apr/02/philip-pullman-jesus-myth Understand Humanism, by Mark Vernon, with a foreword by Philip Pullman: https://www.amazon.com/Understand-Humanism-Teach-Yourself-General/dp/1444103504 Tracklist: John Faa Farder Coram The Zaal and the Eel Market Spy-flies --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wesley-schantz/support

Encore release September 25, 2018. Encore release June 18, 2017. We interview Carlos Diaz, the new president of Atheist Alliance International. Carlos talks about the latest developments with AAI, including the Atheist Census initiative. Plus: President Obama picks a more liberal minister to deliver the benediction at his second inaugural. Distant Early Warning: John Snider will join Derek Colanduno of the Skepticalitypodcast and Blake Smith of the Monster Talk podcast for a special three-in-one "live" podcast discussion for the Atlanta Skeptics.  This is also the fundraiser for the upcoming Atlanta Skepticamp, so your participation is triply welcome. Mark your calendars for March 16th. Bonus: At the end of the show we include the song "The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ" by Scotsman Rossco Galloway. He's just moved to Sweden from Edinburgh, but you can check out his music at ReverbNation.com/RosscoGalloway.  

Encore release July 10, 2018. Encore release April 2, 2017. Originally posted June 16, 2010.

Philip Pullman CBE, FRSL is an English novelist. He is the author of several best-selling books, most notably the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials and the fictionalised biography of Jesus, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ. In 2008, The Times named Pullman one of the "50 greatest British writers since 1945". In a 2004 poll for the BBC, Pullman was named the eleventh most influential person in British culture. Click here to view the images discussed in this episode. Subscribe, rate and review on iTunes and follow Janina on Twitter. Follow History Hit on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Please share this episode on Twitter and Facebook. Producer: Dan Morelle See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ" is the latest book from the pen of prominent atheist author Philip Pullman.  It re-imagines the story of Jesus as the story of two twins - one called Jesus, the other Christ.  It is the twin Christ who writes the history of Jesus, turning him into the God-man of the Gospels.  Philip Pullman joins Justin Brierley to discuss whether we should believe the Biblical stories of Jesus as historical fact or whether myth and invention are inevitable in the 2000 year old Gospel accounts. Christian journalist Martin Saunders engages Pullman on his view of the Church and his scepticism of the miraculous while Bible Scholar Anthony McRoy challenges Pullman's view that the Gospels are the product of the mythologising and interpretation of its historical core.  He particularly takes issue with Pullman's recasting of the resurrection as a fabricated trick to create the foundation of the future church. For "The book of Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ" see http://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Jesus-Scoundrel-Christ-Myths/dp/1847678254 For a further debate between Philip Pullman and Rt Revd Lord Richard Harries courtesy of English Pen go to http://www.premierradio.org.uk/shows/saturday/unbelievable/features.aspx For Philip Pullman see http://www.philip-pullman.com/ Martin Saunders is a contributor to Christianity Magazine and reviews the book in their June edition http://www.christianitymagazine.co.uk/ For Anthony McRoy on the historical Jesus see http://www.bethinking.org/bible-jesus/introductory/debunking-channel-4s-conspiracy-theory.htm If you enjoyed this programme you may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 3 Jan 2009 Bart Ehrman & Peter Williams - "Misquoting Jesus: Do we have the original writings of the New Testament?" Unbelievable? 29 Aug 2009 - and the Eyewitnesses part 1 : Richard Bauckham and James Crossley Unbelievable? 6 Sep 2008 Christianity on trial pt 1: Can I trust the Bible? Atheist lawyer Ed Turner vs Theologian Andy Bannister Jon the discussion at the Premier Community http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable

In GBA 165 we get even better acquainted with my fernweh friend Alex. He talks about his play Son of Man. We talk about the themes behind the play and his research he has done while writing it. We cover interpretations and reinterpretations of Jesus in fiction, comparative mythologies, a discussion of the historical Jesus, a tour through CS Lewis' version of judgement day in The Last Battle, Christian Atheism and lots more. Alex Plugs: His kickstarter campaign for backing Son of Man will be up on Kickstarter soon. In the meantime it's facebook group is here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/272636382906179/ and it's on twitter here: https://twitter.com/sonofmanplay I plug: The Stand Up Tragedy IndieGoGo Campaign: http://bit.ly/TragicFringe Greek Tragedy: Thursday 12th June at the Dogstar: http://www.facebook.com/events/625249897568126/ We mention: Alex's two episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-alex-and-dave-files Fernweh: http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/23-charming-illustrations-of-untranslatable-words-from-other Hiraeth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiraeth Jesus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus Thor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor Yahweh: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh Zeus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus Odin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin Loki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki Prometheus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus Lucifer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer John the Baptist: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Baptist Matthew: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew Luke: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke Mark: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark Philip Pullman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Pullman The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Man_Jesus_and_the_Scoundrel_Christ His Dark Materials: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Dark_Materials Messiah: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah John: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Apostle The Last Temptation of Christ: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Temptation_of_Christ_(film) Martin Scorsese: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Scorsese Richard Dawkins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins Midrash: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midrash Christology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christology Christian Atheism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_atheism Nicaea: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea Aslan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aslan CS Lewis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis Tolkien: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien Narnia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia The Last Battle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Battle Diogenes The Cynic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes_of_Sinope Alan Moore: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore Kingdom of God: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_God_(Christianity) Dominic Crossan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dominic_Crossan The Good Samaritan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Good_Samaritan Dawkins + Mehdi Hasan: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/04/21/richard-dawkins-mehdi-hasan_n_3127629.html Leap of Faith: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_of_faith You can hear Getting Better Acquainted on Stitcher SmartRadio, Stitcher allows you to listen to your favourite shows directly from your iPhone, Android Phone, Kindle Fire and beyond. On-demand and on the go! Don’t have Stitcher? Download it for free today at www.stitcher.com or in the app stores. Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!