Justin Lewis-Anthony is Rector of St Stephen's Church in the city and diocese of Canterbury and was formerly Precentor of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

He has lectured, and led retreats, on film, popular culture and theology. He is a convenor for Affirming Catholicism, and the author of the popular blog 3 Minute Theologian, and the books Circles of Thorns and If you meet George Herbert on the road, kill him!

How to Be Human (with Hieronymus Bosch)

What can a painting five hundred years old tell us about life today? Find out, in the company of Thomas à Kempis, Terry Pratchett, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno and Hieronymus Bosch.

What can a renaissance painting, Hieronymus Bosch's Christ Mocked, teach us about being human and living in the "Long Now"? The painting is small, sombre and very puzzling. And yet, with a little effort of knowledge and interpretation, it reveals a depth of understanding, of both the Passion and human nature, that speaks as much to the twenty-first century as it did to the sixteenth. By exploring the political, scientific, psychological and devotional world of early modern Europe, and applying those insights to our own time, Justin Lewis-Anthony shows how Bosch used his sophisticated artistic skills to convey a similarly sophisticated understanding of humanity. Thomas à Kempis and Terry Pratchett, St Bonaventure, Bob Dylan and Brian Eno are companions in the journey, by which a painting 500 years old, but passionately modern, can transform our understanding of what it means to be fully human.