Dec 09 Podcast: O Little Town of Bethlehem
Reflections from Bethlehem, behind The Wall, at Christmas time 2008.
'O Little Town of Bethlehem' – Greenbelt's first podcast – available for download here, with enhancements, transcripts and links to resources.
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Music used in the podcast
- Sarah Mclachlan, O Little Town of Bethlehem (itunes)
- Massive Attack, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (itunes)
- Reem Kelani, various extacts from her debut album Sprinting Gazelle (Amazon)
Related Greenbelt talks
Great places to start
- A Beginner's Guide to the Palestinian Territories and Israel, Carolyn Jay
- Stephen Sizer on Zionism - especially his 2008 talks
- Towards a Jewish theology of liberation, Marc Ellis
- Unholy alliance: religon and atrocity in our time, Marc Ellis
Voices from the Region
- God is not racist, Jonathan Kuttab
- 60 years: Celebration or Catastrophe?, Jonathan Kuttab
- Israel's invisible occupation - the matrix of control, Jeff Halper
- Promised land vs Holy Land, Bishop Riah
- Temporary Facts, Flexible Barriers, Eyal Weizman
- Breaking the Silence, Yehuda Shaul
Booklist
Biography Blood Brothers Elias Chacour (Chosen Books) Bethlehem Besieged Mitri Rahebrmal;"> (Fortress Press) A Continent Called Palestine Najwa Farah (Triangle/ SPCK) Caught in Between Riah Abu el Assal (Triangle/SPCK) Voices from Palestine/Israel Bethlehem Speaks Garth Hewitt (SPCK) Pilgrims and Peacemakers Garth Hewitt (BRF) Towards the Dawn Garth Hewitt (SPCK) How Long O Lord Maurine & Robert Tobin (Cowley Publications) History From the Holy Mountain William Dalrymple (Flamingo) The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World Avi Shlaim Palestinian Walks: Notes on a Vanishing Landscape Rajah Shehadeh (Profile Books)Theology or Religious History
Whose Promised Land? Colin Chapman (Lion)
Christian Zionism Stephen Sizer (IVP Press)
Dying in the Land of Promise Don Wagner (Melisende)
Healing Israel/Palestine: A Path to Peace and Reconciliation Michael Lerner
Novel On the Hills of God Ibrahim Fawal (NewSouth Books)
Online resources
- Click here for Amos Trust resources on Bethlehem including liturgy, prayers and meditations.
- Click here for Christian Aid's resources on the conflict in the Middle East.
- Click here for DFID briefings and information on the Occupied Territories.
- Click here for the transcript of Giles Fraser's Thought for the Day from 19 November 2008 or here to listen to it again.
Credits
- Produced & narrated by Paul Northup
- Mixed & engineered by John Noble
- Recorded in the field by John Noble, Harvey Jessop & Paul Northup
- Narrative support from Stuart Radcliffe
- Narration recorded at FFG Studios in Gloucestershire
- Poem read by Rachel Stringer, Greenbelt's Head of Content
- Visual slide show by Phil Smith (with photography by Peter Bone, Kester Brewin, Paul Chambers, Nive Hall, Paul Northup, Stuart Radcliffe and Karen Stafford)
'There are no parks or playgrounds in Bethlehem - this is not a place fit for a child.' To help children in Bethlehem play this Christmas click here.
