{"product_id":"christ-without-the-nonsense-9781916270039","title":"Christ Without the Nonsense","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Peter Raj\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Peter Raj\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Peter Raj\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is possible to shame the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian theocracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapters 1 to 4\u003c\/strong\u003e thrash out existentialism because it is the modern alternative to faith. The creed was devised by French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre in 1945. But the first ever existentialist was Boris Pasternak the author of Doctor Zhivago. Existentialism is very much a Russian-dissident thing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEyewitness to God \u003c\/strong\u003e is a chapter with 8 monologues telling the story from point of view of gospel characters but imagining them to be existential creatures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story is repeated and told from point of view of \u003cstrong\u003eMary Magdalene \u003c\/strong\u003ewho was a victim of violence against women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Amanda Holden Parallel \u003c\/strong\u003edraws a parallel between the lives of the historical Christ and the famous media personality of our times. Amanda had to relinquish control to survive giving birth to her second child. Christ had to give up control in the Garden of Gethsemane. There is redemption for Judas Iscariot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRome V Christ \u003c\/strong\u003eand\u003cstrong\u003e Ultimate Yahweh \u003c\/strong\u003eare chapters telling\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ethe story from perspective of Pontius Pilate the Roman Governor of Judea. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Roman Perception\u003c\/strong\u003e is continued through to Emperor Nero (AD 64) and Pliny the magistrate (AD 111).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIsaiah 53\u003c\/strong\u003e is considered to be prophecy. Prophecy is not possible in the existential universe. If Jesus of Nazareth was not about prophecy then he must have been about subterfuge.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46389059682455,"sku":"9781916270039","price":1265.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781916270039.webp?v=1768797849","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/christ-without-the-nonsense-9781916270039","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}