An enquiry into the Christian doctrine of the Incarnation by Anthony Phillips
The early church believed that Jesus Christ was a divine being who had entered space and time as a man to redeem mankind This programme looks at the origin and development of that belief, and asks whether the language of ' Incarnation ' is appropriate, or even possible, for Christians to use today. With JOHN FENTON , MARK SANTER OR DAVID PEAT, ROSEMARY HAUGHTON and DAVID MARTIN
Producer ANGELA TILBY
(The Leap of Reason: Sunday 29 December 10.40 pm) followed by an interlude