Christmas Lost and Christmas Regained. This item is unavailable.Christmas Lost and Christmas Regained

This is a collection of reflections on Advent and Christmas, both as liturgical celebrations for the Christian churches and as a festive season for the popular culture. The 19th century revival of the popular celebration of Christmas within the English-speaking countries is explored. Also explored is the theme (from Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol") of Christmas as an occasion of human ethical transformation, with the possibility of the Christmas celebration bringing out the best in those who celebrate it.

Bob Faser grew up in Bayonne, New Jersey. He studied at Lafayette College, Princeton Theological Seminary, the Irish School of Ecumenics, the University of Tasmania, and the Melbourne College of Divinity. Since 1980, Bob has been a minister in the Uniting Church in Australia, serving placements in congregations in Tasmania, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory, as well as staff positions in the Tasmanian Council of Churches. In retirement, Bob is serving as a member of the ecumenical chaplaincy team at the Royal Hobart Hospital. Bob's doctoral thesis was on Christmas as a "season of opportunity" for churches in Australia to relate to their local communities.