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The Wrath of God

The concept of God's Wrath is a contentious one. Mark Tully addresses the controversy in conversation with Rabbi Lord Sacks and with readings from Stephen Crane and Graham Greene.

The concept of The Wrath of God is a contentious one. Mark Tully asks how we can reconcile the idea of a loving God with a God of Wrath - in conversation with Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.

He discusses the evidence of God as a loving God in the Hebrew Bible and examines the idea of divine anger as a way of obviating the need for human vengeance. He also asks whether anger is an entirely negative force in the first place.

Contrasting views are offered by writers and theologians from Stephen Crane to Miroslav Wolf, and musical argument is provided by artists ranging from Mendelssohn and Britten to Yossele Rosenblatt and the Delmore Brothers.

The readers are David Holt, Adjoa Andoh and Francis Cadder.

Produced by Frank Stirling
A Unique production for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 24 Nov 2019 06:05
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

Music Played

  • AndrΓ© Campra

    De cælo auditum

    Performer: William Christie. Performer: Orchestre des Arts Florissants.
    • Campra: Grands Motets.
    • Virgin.

  • The Delmore Brothers

    The Wrath Of God

    • Touched By The Hand Of Bob: The Good Book's Inspiration Of Dylan.
    • JSP.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    O Lord, in Thy wrath rebuke me not

    Performer: John Harper. Performer: The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford.
    • English Anthems from Oxford: Byrd to Britten.
    • Alto.

  • Yossele Rosenblatt

    Shir Ha'ma'alot

    • Best Yiddish Songs.
    • SISU ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Entertainment.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Noye's Fludde Β– Take Thy Wife

    Performer: Performers not listed.
    • Britten: Choral Works; Operas for Children.
    • EMI Classics / Warner Classics.

  • Mendlessohn

    Elijah Yet Doth The Lord See It Not

    Performer: Rafael FrΓΌhbeck de Burgos. Performer: Dame Gwyneth Jones. Performer: Simon Woolf. Performer: Janet Baker. Performer: Nicolai Gedda. Performer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau. Performer: Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir. Performer: Philharmonia Chorus. Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Elijah - Mendlessohn.
    • EMI.

Readings

Title: A God in Wrath
Author: Stephen Crane
Published by Kessinger Publishing in β€˜The Black Riders and Other Lines’

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Title: The Prodigal Son
Author: John Newton
Published by Wiley-Blackwell in β€˜The Bible and Literature: A Reader’

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Title: Brighton Rock
Author: Graham Greene
Published by Vintage Classics

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Title: Exclusion and Embrace
Author: Miroslav Volf
Published by Abingdon Press

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Title: The Revelations of Divine Love
Author: Julian of Norwich
Published by Methuen & Co Ltd

Broadcasts

  • Sun 25 Jan 2015 06:05
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Sun 24 Nov 2019 06:05
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4