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Informationen zum Autor Anthony Bash works at the University of Durham where he is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Theology and Religion, Chaplain and Tutor for Postgraduates at Hatfield College, and a Teaching Assistant at Durham University Business School. Melanie Bash is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with the Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, and Honorary Lecturer at Newcastle University. Klappentext If you are troubled by the loss of 'Christ' in 'Christmas'; and by the noise, pressure and materialism of secular Advent with its emphasis on material and commercial rather than spiritual preparation for Christmas, this book will help you to read and think about Advent and Christmas in a new way. Co-authored by a New Testament specialist and a practising clinical psychologist, it explores the familiar narratives from the Christmas story with freshness and vigour, and draws out their implications for day-to-day living. The Christmas story is full of themes that we often avoid in churches - asylum seekers and refugees; death; loss and suffering; old age; childlessness - but they can give a new depth and meaning to our Christmas celebrations. Christmas will not seem the same again. Vorwort Depressed by Winterval? Put 'Christ' back into Christmas with a fresh understanding of the Christmas story, based on daily Advent readings and meditations. Zusammenfassung An Advent book which encourages the reader to think about Christmas in a new way, drawing out the implications for day-to-day living in the familiar narratives. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Foreword by The Rt Revd Lord Hope of Thornes, former Archbishop of York Before we begin... December 1 Christmas ...and JesusDecember 2 Christmas ...and the Rest of LifeDecember 3 Christmas ...and Science December 4 Christmas ...and the GospelsDecember 5 Christmas ...and a Family TreeDecember 6 Christmas ...and Jesus' ParentsDecember 7 Christmas ...and ProphecyDecember 8 Christmas ...and ZechariahDecember 9 Christmas ...and ElizabethDecember 10 Christmas ...and ForgivenessDecember 11 Christmas ...and a Girl called MaryDecember 12 Christmas ...and ChildrenDecember 13 Christmas ...and HardshipDecember 14 Christmas ...and AugustusDecember 15 Christmas ...and HumilityDecember 16 Christmas ...and ShepherdsDecember 17 Christmas ...and AnnaDecember 18 Christmas ...and SimeonDecember 19 Christmas ...and the MagiDecember 20 Christmas ...and PresentsDecember 21 Christmas ...and RefugeesDecember 22 Christmas ...and LossDecember 23 Christmas ...and FoodDecember 24 Christmas ...and Jesus the manDecember 25 ChristmasDecember 26 'They think it's all over ...'...
