Christmas : philosophy for everyone : better than a lump of coal / / edited by Scott C. Lowe ; foreword by Stephen Nissenbaum
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| Titolo: |
Christmas : philosophy for everyone : better than a lump of coal / / edited by Scott C. Lowe ; foreword by Stephen Nissenbaum
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| Pubblicazione: | Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2010 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (202 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 263.915 |
| Soggetto topico: | Christmas |
| Worship | |
| Altri autori: |
LoweScott C
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Foreword: Joining the Manger to the Sleigh? Stephen Nissenbaum -- Introduction Scott C. Lowe -- Part I Christmas: In the Beginning -- Chapter 1: Jesus, Mary, and Hume: On the Possibility of the Virgin Birth Zachary Jurgensen and Jason Southworth -- Chapter 2: The Virgin Birth: Authentic Christmas Magic Victor Lyons -- Chapter 3: Putting the "Yule" Back in "Yuletide" Todd Preston -- Part II Is Celebrating Christmas Really a Good Idea? -- Chapter 4: Armed for the War on Christmas Scott F. Aiken -- Chapter 5: Christmas Mythologies: Sacred and Secular Guy Bennett-Hunter -- Chapter 6: The Significance of Christmas for Liberal Multiculturalism Mark Mercer -- Chapter 7: Crummy Commercials and BB Guns: Son-of-a-Bitch Consumerism in a Christmas Classic Erin Haire and Dustin Nelson -- Part III Santa: A Deeper Look -- Chapter 8: The Mind of Santa Claus and the Metaphors He Lives By William E. Deal and S. Waller -- Chapter 9: Making a List, Checking It Twice: The Santa Claus Surveillance System Richard Hancuff and Noreen O'Connor -- Chapter 10: You'd Better Watch Out ... Will Williams -- Chapter 11: Santa's Sweatshop: Elf Exploitation for Christmas Matthew Brophy -- Part IV The Morality of Christmas -- Chapter 12: Against the Santa Claus Lie: The Truth We Should Tell Our Children David Kyle Johnson -- Chapter 13: Lying to Children about Santa: Why It's Just Not Wrong Era Gavrielides -- Chapter 14: Putting Claus Back into Christmas Steven D. Hales -- Chapter 15: Scrooge Learns it All in One Night: Happiness and the Virtues of Christmas Dane Scott -- Part V Christmas Through Others' Eyes -- Chapter 16: Holly Jolly Atheists: A Naturalistic Justification for Christmas Ruth Tallman -- Chapter 17: Heaven, Hecate, and Hallmark: Christmas in Hindsight Marion G. Mason. |
| Chapter 18: Festivus and the Need for Seasonal Absurdity Caleb Holt -- Chapter 19: Common Claus: Santa as Cross-Cultural Connection Cindy Scheopner -- Afterword -- Notes on Contributors. | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | From Santa, elves and Ebenezer Scrooge, to the culture wars and virgin birth, Christmas - Philosophy for Everyone explores a host of philosophical issues raised by the practices and beliefs surrounding Christmas. * Offers thoughtful and humorous philosophical insights into the most widely celebrated holiday in the Western world * Contributions come from a wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, theology, religious studies, English literature, cognitive science and moral psychology * The essays cover a wide range of Christmas themes, from a defence of the miracle of the virgin birth to the relevance of Christmas to atheists and pagans |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Christmas |
| ISBN: | 9786613826701 |
| 9781444325386 | |
| 1444325388 | |
| 9781283514255 | |
| 1283514257 | |
| 9781444325393 | |
| 1444325396 | |
| 9781444341454 | |
| 1444341456 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9911019296403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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