The Real Reasons Why Jesus Died

Saying 70 will destroy you.

He arrived on a Tuesday. No angels. No trumpets. Just a man in borrowed clothes outside a conference centre in Los Angeles, reading the banner: AWAKEN YOUR INFINITE POTENTIAL. Three Days to Transform Your Life. Early Bird: $2,997.

The Real Reasons Why Jesus Died follows Jesus through the modern world as he encounters wellness conferences, tech summits, megachurches, spiritual retreats, and the entire industry built on his name. Nobody recognises him. Everyone has notes.

Recorded by Charbel, a reluctant documentarian dragged across six continents, this satirical novel wraps all 114 sayings of the Gospel of Thomas, one of the oldest collections of Jesus's words, inside a story about the collision between direct knowing and institutional mediation. Mary joins the journey, asking sharper questions and pushing back harder than anyone else in the room.

The source text is the Gospel of Thomas, discovered in 1945 at Nag Hammadi, Egypt, and in the public domain for roughly 1,900 years, despite certain institutions' best efforts.

An Unfuckery book. For anyone who has ever suspected that the message and the institution delivering it might be two very different things.