Inside the Christmas Story: Reflections for Advent

Bash, Anthony; Bash, Melanie

ISBN 10: 1441121587 / ISBN 13: 9781441121585

Published by Bloomsbury Continuum, 2012

About this Item

UK delivery in 1-3 working days. 2012, 1st Impression. Tight, firm very lightly used (possibly unread) copy with uncreased spine. Cover has very wear. Undedicated inscription from'Melanie and Anthony' are presumably authors. Pages are in excellent condition being clean & inscription/annotation/crease free. Very nice not far from new copy. We endeavour to send orders as quickly as possible & in most cases are sent by first available post 6 days a week.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Inside the Christmas Story: Reflections for Advent
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1441121587
• ISBN 13: 9781441121585
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.