Christmas [[electronic resource] ] : philosophy for everyone : better than a lump of coal / / edited by Scott C. Lowe ; foreword by Stephen Nissenbaum |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (202 p.) |
Disciplina | 263.915 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LoweScott C |
Collana | Philosophy for everyone |
Soggetto topico |
Christmas
Worship |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
9786613826701
1-4443-2538-8 1-283-51425-7 1-4443-2539-6 1-4443-4145-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910265228903321 |
Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Christmas [[electronic resource] ] : philosophy for everyone : better than a lump of coal / / edited by Scott C. Lowe ; foreword by Stephen Nissenbaum |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (202 p.) |
Disciplina | 263.915 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LoweScott C |
Collana | Philosophy for everyone |
Soggetto topico |
Christmas
Worship |
ISBN |
9786613826701
1-4443-2538-8 1-283-51425-7 1-4443-2539-6 1-4443-4145-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830058403321 |
Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Christmas [[electronic resource] ] : philosophy for everyone : better than a lump of coal / / edited by Scott C. Lowe ; foreword by Stephen Nissenbaum |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (202 p.) |
Disciplina | 263.915 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LoweScott C |
Collana | Philosophy for everyone |
Soggetto topico |
Christmas
Worship |
ISBN |
9786613826701
1-4443-2538-8 1-283-51425-7 1-4443-2539-6 1-4443-4145-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910841884503321 |
Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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