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Christmas - Philosophy for Everyone : better than a lump of coal 🔍
Scott C. Lowe; Stephen Nissenbaum; Fritz Allhoff Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd), Philosophy for everyone, Malden, MA, Massachusetts, 2010
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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
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Christmas and philosophy : better than a lump of coal
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edited by Scott C. Lowe
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United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom
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Philosophy for everyone, Oxford, 2010
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1, 2010-09-20
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1, PS, 2010
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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CHRISTMAS PHILOSOPHY FOR EVERYONE 5
CONTENTS 9
Foreword: Joining the Manger to the Sleigh? 12
Introduction 15
PART I CHRISTMAS: In the Beginning 23
1 Jesus, Mary, and Hume: On the Possibility of the Virgin Birth 25
2 The Virgin Birth: Authentic Christmas Magic 38
3 Putting the “Yule” Back in “Yuletide” 50
PART II IS CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS REALLY A GOOD IDEA? 61
4 Armed for the War on Christmas 63
5 Christmas Mythologies: Sacred and Secular 73
6 The Significance of Christmas for Liberal Multiculturalism 84
7 Crummy Commercials and BB Guns: Son-of-a-Bitch Consumerism in a Christmas Classic 94
PART III SANTA: A Deeper Look 105
8 The Mind of Santa Claus and the Metaphors He Lives By 107
9 Making a List, Checking It Twice: The Santa Claus Surveillance System 118
10 You’d Better Watch Out ... 128
11 Santa’s Sweatshop: Elf Exploitation for Christmas 139
PART IV THE MORALITY OF CHRISTMAS 151
12 Against the Santa Claus Lie: The Truth We Should Tell Our Children 153
13 Lying to Children about Santa: Why It’s Just Not Wrong 165
14 Putting Claus Back into Christmas 175
15 Scrooge Learns it All in One Night: Happiness and the Virtues of Christmas 186
PART V CHRISTMAS THROUGH OTHERS’ EYES 197
16 Holly Jolly Atheists: A Naturalistic Justification for Christmas 199
17 Heaven, Hecate, and Hallmark: Christmas in Hindsight 211
18 Festivus and the Need for Seasonal Absurdity 222
19 Common Claus: Santa as Cross-Cultural Connection 233
Afterword 245
Notes on Contributors 248
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2025-10-27
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