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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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Monday Aug 05, 2024
Monday Aug 05, 2024
Brent is joined by Dr. Alastair Roberts of the Theopolis Institute in the States to discuss the very problematic opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris.
Who was the Greek god Dionysius and how is Dionysian symbolism used throughout Western culture?
- (0:45) What is all the fuss about?
- (1:55) The title and the ‘Feast of the gods’;
- (3:45) Recent media depictions of the ‘Last Supper’;
- (7:10) Who was Dionysius?
- (8:15) Dionysian religion;
- (9:00) The Dionysian and Nietszche;
- (10:55) Turning everything upside down;
- (14:00) The Dionysian and violence;
- (15:45) Thomas Mann;
- (17:00) Politics and the Dionysian;
- (18:50) Apollo and Dionysius;
- (19:30) Jesus as the true Dionysius;
- (22:45) A Christian response to blasphemy;
- (31:00) The song and Nature. Rousseau;
- (35:20) The French Revolution.
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