The Myth of Christmas
In the season of Advent, Mark Tully asks what we can learn from the stories of Christmas as we prepare for an increasingly secular holiday.
In the season of Advent, Mark Tully asks what we can learn from the stories of Christmas as we prepare for an increasingly secular holiday.
Many of those who will crowd into Churches for Midnight Mass or other services at Christmas will find it difficult to believe the gospel stories literally or to accept the traditional view of Jesus as God come down to earth. But they might well be so moved by the liturgy, the carols, their memories of Christmas past, the sense that this is one day when the world does stop that they wish they could find some meaning in the Christmas story. Mark Tully explores the idea that regarding the story as myth can give meaning to Christmas without belief in the traditional Christology.
A Unique Broadcasting Company production for 大象传媒 Radio 4
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Morten Lauridsen
O Magnum Mysterium
Performer: Voces 8.- Eventide (Deluxe Version).
- Decca.
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Arnold Schoenberg
Weihnachtsmusik
Performer: Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott.- Centuries of Seasonal Music.
- Virgin Classics.
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Gerald Finzi
A Frosty Christmas Eve
Performer: Bournemouth Symphony Orch, Donald Sweeney.- Christmas Fantasy.
- Decca.
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The Rahbani Brothers
Talj Talj
Performer: Fairuz.- Taranim Eid El Milad.
- Taranim.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Oratorio BMV248, Cantata 2: Chorus: 聯Ehre sei Gott in der H枚he聰
Performer: Barbara Schlick, Michael Chance, Etc.; Philippe Herreweghe: Collegium Vocale Gent & Orchestra.- J.S. Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium.
- EMI.
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Greg Lake
I Believe In Father Christmas
- It聮s Christmas.
- EMI.
Readings
Title: Chrismas Day聽
Author: Daniel P Stokes
Published by: Peterloo Poets
Title: Father Christmas Executed聽
Author: Anonymous
Published by: Clarendon Press
Title: Towcester Bells 聽
Author: Simon Curtis
Published by: Peterloo Poets
Title: The Golden Birth Forseen 聽
Author: Virgil trans. Dryden
Published by: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Title: Credo 聽
Author: Anthony Thwaite
Published by: 聽Enitharmon Press
Title: The Golden Birth Forseen 聽
Author: Virgil trans. Dryden
Published by: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Broadcasts
- Sun 13 Dec 2015 06:05大象传媒 Radio 4
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