Christmas: Myth, Magic and Legend - Softcover

Queripel, John

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798385241682

Verlag: Wipf and Stock, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

A woman, both virgin and mother, a star moving at walking pace relative to the earth, turning, then moving in the contrary direction to all other astronomical objects before stopping over a particular town, a census called by an empire in such fashion that it would throw its normal efficiency into chaos, multitudes of angels declaring a saviour's birth to shepherds with their flocks in the fields during the dead of winter, a pogrom carried out by a tyrannical leader to rid himself of a peasant child perceived as threat. Does any of this make sense to us in a modern world? Are these things believable as literal historical events? If not, do they still have meaning? In Christmas: Myth, Magic and Legend, John Queripel digs in and behind the stories to find their essential truth while disregarding the literalisms which get in the way of most people's search. Deep and profound truths behind the stories come to life and a whole new and more transformative meaning begins to reveal itself.

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John Queripel is a Uniting Church minister who has a concern for speaking and living faith in the modern context, and has ministered in a wide range of contexts: urban and rural congregations, community based ministries, university and correctional centre chaplaincies. He has a strong interest in the arts and literature, being a published author and playwright, a recorded singer-songwriter, and a dabbler in the visual arts. In his spare time he enjoys riding his Malibu surfboard.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wipf and Stock
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798385241682
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 146
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Europaallee 1; Bad Hersfeld; 36244; Deutschland