GBA 165 Alex 2

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!