Christmas - Philosophy for Everyone : Better Than a Lump of Coal
ISBN: 9781444330908 | 144433090X
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Pub. Date: 9/20/2010
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Some wise men, a stable, a few sheep, and a young virgin giving birth to the mortal son of a prefect God: Christmas is one of Christianity's holiest days, and yet it is also a major pagan festival, a secular, cultural celebration, and a commercial event of epic proportions. As consumerism runs rife, have we lost sight of its very essence? Is celebrating Christmas really a good idea? From elves and Ebenezer Scrooge, to the culture wars and virgin birth, Christmas & Philosophy unwraps the religious and moral issues surrounding the Yuletide season... MORE
| Foreword: Joining the Manger to the Sleigh? | p. x |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Christmas: In the Beginning | p. 9 |
| Jesus, Mary, and Hume: On the Possibility of the Virgin Birth | p. 11 |
| The Virgin Birth: Authentic Christmas Magic | p. 24 |
| Putting the "Yule" Back in "Yuletide" | p. 36 |
| Is Celebrating Christmas Really a Good Idea? | p. 47 |
| Armed for the War on Christmas | p. 49 | ... MORE
| Christmas Mythologies: Sacred and Secular | p. 59 |
| The Significance of Christmas for Liberal Multiculturalism | p. 70 |
| Crummy Commercials and BB Guns: Son-of-a-Bitch Consumerism in a Christmas Classic | p. 80 |
| Santa: A Deeper Look | p. 91 |
| The Mind of Santa Claus and the Metaphors He Lives By | p. 93 |
| Making a List, Checking It Twice: The Santa Claus Surveillance System | p. 104 |
| You'd Better Watch Out... | p. 114 |
| Santa's Sweatshop: Elf Exploitation for Christmas | p. 125 |
| The Morality of Christmas | p. 137 |
| Against the Santa Claus Lie: The Truth We Should Tell Our Children | p. 139 |
| Lying to Children about Santa: Why It's Just Not Wrong | p. 151 |
| Putting Claus Back into Christmas | p. 161 |
| Scrooge Learns it All in One Night: Happiness and the Virtues of Christmas | p. 172 |
| Christmas Through Others' Eyes | p. 183 |
| Holly Jolly Atheists: A Naturalistic Justification for Christmas | p. 185 |
| Heaven, Hecate, and Hallmark: Christmas in Hindsight | p. 197 |
| Festivus and the Need for Seasonal Absurdity | p. 208 |
| Common Claus: Santa as Cross-Cultural Connection | p. 219 |
| Afterword | p. 231 |
| Notes on Contributors | p. 234 |
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Scott C. Lowe is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Fritzallhoff is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Western Michigan University, as well as a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University's Center for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics.
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