The Issue: Does Christmas Nostalgia Signify a Deeper Hunger?
by John Cleary
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Christmas, that is Christ's Mass, has largely been overwhelmed by consumerism. There is some nostalgia for what has been lost. We still like the occasional carol, but does this betoken a wider loss? That in losing hold of the meanings of the past we may lack the resources to construct a meaningful future?
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Dr. Justine Toh, Centre for Public Christianity
Dr. Barry Spurr, Professor of Poetry and Poetics, Sydney University
Scott Stephens, Editor of ABC Religion and Ethics Online
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