ho Killed Jesus? is sets in a London hospital on Christmas Eve focusing on a young overworked psychiatrist and his three tragicomic patients. The three delusional Jesus Christs lead the doctor on a journey reawakening repressed feelings of guilt from a tortured childhood, and as the psychiatrist becomes mentally unhinged the distinction between patient and doctor is blurred leading to a murder.
On one level, this work is a gripping, complex exploration of the modern scie...
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ho Killed Jesus? is sets in a London hospital on Christmas Eve focusing on a young overworked psychiatrist and his three tragicomic patients. The three delusional Jesus Christs lead the doctor on a journey reawakening repressed feelings of guilt from a tortured childhood, and as the psychiatrist becomes mentally unhinged the distinction between patient and doctor is blurred leading to a murder.
On one level, this work is a gripping, complex exploration of the modern science of psychology challenged by the grand narrative of Christian theology. And on another level, it is a moving, yet mystifying, portrayal of the psychological breakdown of a doctor who becomes a patient of Jesus. As the disciplines of psychology and religion are challenged, reality becomes distorted and it's no longer clear if Jesus was murdered or even died...
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