A Very Historically Blind Xmas: The Iconic Christ

Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Politics, News, Religion & Spirituality, History, Religion

4 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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In this annual holiday special, I look at the original Protestant "War on Christmas," with its emphasis on iconoclasm, and use that to springboard into a discussion of Christmas iconography and images of Jesus Christ generally, asking, "What did Christ really look like?" Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes! Check out my novel, Manuscript Found! And check out the show merch! Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts! Some music on this episode is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0). His tracks include "Remedy for Melancholy," "Holiday Gift," "Mercy" "daemones," "daedalus," "Comatose," and "Cold War Echo." Additional Music: "Wish Background," "Mesmerize," "Relaxing Piano Music," and "Parting of the Ways, Part 1" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
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0:24.2	We tell stories of history that relate to today's news events.
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0:33.6	Hello all, Eric Rivenis with the Most Notorious podcast here.
0:38.1	Each week I interview an author or historian about a historical true crime, tragedy, or disaster.
0:45.0	Subject matter ranges from gunslingers to Gilded Age murder, to gangsters, to fires, to pirates, to wild prison breaks.
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1:01.0	Cheers and have a safe tomorrow.
1:07.7	For the last 20 years or so,
1:15.4	conservative commentators have convinced the Christian right that there exists a war on Christmas, in that secular society is moving away from what they consider
1:22.7	the quote-unquote true meaning of Christmas.
1:26.9	I don't intend to retread once again the true
1:30.1	origin of the holiday. I encourage everyone who hasn't listened to go back and listen to the
1:35.6	first three of my very historically blind Christmas specials for more insight into the
1:41.6	historical and folkloric basis of the holiday.
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