Easter (April 8, 2007)

To prepare for Easter, listen to some passion music ("a musical setting of Jesus' sufferings and death as related by one of the four Evangelists"--The Harvard Dictionary of Music). You might like to try Johann Sebastian Bach's Matthäuspassion. The Software & Electronic Games Media Finder even turns up a CD-ROM that presents a complete performance of the Passion with interactive material on Bach, the work, and the performance. We also have Easter music and some other Holy Week music.

For a couple of films with very different perspectives on Christ's last days, try Mel Gibson's The Passion of Christ and Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ (based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis). We also have some art and literature that focuses on Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection (or check out all of our adult fiction about the life of Jesus, ranging from Anne Rice's Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt to D.H. Lawrence's The Man Who Died)

For a look at the popular culture side of Easter, try the video Easter to get some background on festivities and traditions associated with Easter. And who can forget It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown? We also have a few Easter-related pictures (mostly Easter eggs) and a few children's stories about Easter, some, such as The Easter Bunny That Overslept, featuring the infamous Easter Bunny.