Interesting article in Third Way this month, where Theo Hobson calls for an anarchic Christian carnival in Hyde Park on Easter Sunday. The event would be called Easter Rising*.

The idea is to change our culture’s view of Easter, and the message surrounding it, but not to plan, control or organize the event (no matter how tempting this would be to our control freak Christian leaders). The aim is:

“To change Easter from the non-event anti-climax of a tradition-minded middle-class in a religious subculture.”

“To confront the core problem – that Christian culture is offputting to the secular majority.”

Theo Hobson has floated this idea since last summer in the Guardian and at Greenbelt.

I hope it catches on.