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God‘s story is the story of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. But it‘s also humanity‘s story, the story of a world fallen and blown apart and of a world reshaped and restored. It‘s the beginning of all beginnings and the end of all ends. Join Brent Siddall and the Rev Ian ‘Reido‘ Reid as they explore God, time, salvation and the cosmos. Explore the stories of Western culture as they pivot and interact with the main narrative of salvation history.
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Who was William Blake and how can his work speak to us today?
Brent talks with author Mark Vernon about his new Hurst book ‘Awake: William Blake and the Power of the Imagination’.
Mark is a London based psychotherapist, writer and former Anglican priest. He’s a keen podcaster and a columnist with the Idler and speaks regularly at festivals and on the BBC.
- (0:50) Blake and ‘recovery’;
- (2:40) Blake and innocence;
- (3:30) Importance of the arts;
- (4:45) Blake and Christianity;
- (7:30) Angels;
- (9:30) Imagination;
- (11:15) Blake and science;
- (13:00) Blake and desire;
- (14:35) Eroticism in Blake;
- (16:20) Blake’s poems;
- (18:45) Blake and politics;
- (21:55) Blake’s mythology;
- (24:00) Nature.
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.markvernon.com/books/awake-william-blake-and-the-power-of-the-imagination
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