Daniel Chacon: Creativity, Belief and Superstition

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Daniel Chacon is the chair of the Creative Writing Department for UT El Paso and the author of several books, including his latest, "The Last Philosopher In Texas", available now on Amazon.Daniel is also the host of the Words On A Wire Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/words-on-a-wire/id515731550In this conversation we reference Daniel's excellent substack articles [The Writer and the Brain] here: https://writerandthebrain.substack.com/  

In this episode, author Keith Giles explains why the Gospel of Judas is worth examining and how it teach us something about the Christian faith today. We'll look at what the author of the Gospel of Judas wanted to say and why they said it the way they did. Plus, a discussion about the Constantinian Church we have today and why we need another "Gospel of Judas" for White Christian Nationalism.

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