How Christmas Became Christmas | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781476688282 | How Christmas Became Christmas | Nathaniel Parry | Taschenbuch | 2022

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Beschreibung

In some respects, the contrasts of Christmas are what make it the most delightful time of the year. It is a time of generosity, kindness and peace on earth, with broad permission to indulge in food, drink and gifts. On the other hand, Christmas has become a battleground for raging culture wars, marred by debates about how it should be celebrated and acknowledged as a uniquely Christian holiday.
This text argues that much of the animosity is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the holiday's core character. By tracing Christmas's origins as a pagan celebration of the winter solstice and its development in Europe's Christianization, this history explains that the true "reason for the season" has as much to do with the earth's movement around the sun as with the birth of Christ. Chapters chronicle how Christmas's magic and misrule link to the nativity, and why the carnival side of the holiday appears so separated from traditional Christian beliefs.

Über den Autor

Nathaniel Parry is an American researcher and writer living in Denmark. He is the editor of several books and his work has appeared in outlets such as Consortium News, In These Times, Common Dreams, Global Research, and Truthout. Since 2008, he has worked at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe, where he is currently head of communications.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments¿ix

Preface¿1

Introduction¿3

Part One-Origins and Evolution

1.¿Holiday Hype and Historiography¿10

2.¿In Search of the First Christmas¿22

3.¿Christmas in a Pagan World¿34

4.¿Yule's Post-Pagan Metamorphosis¿46

5.¿Repression and Resistance¿58

Part Two-Curious Customs

6.¿Sacred Trees¿68

7.¿The Man, the Myth, the Legend,

the God-Santa Claus¿83

8.¿Actual Christmas Magic¿98

9.¿Children's Saturnaliä113

10.¿Ghosts, Goblins and Angels¿127

Part Three-Enduring Legacies

11.¿Legacy of Miracles¿142

12.¿Legacy of Misrule¿158

13.¿The Halloween Connection¿171

14.¿From Pagan to Secular¿182

15.¿Reason for the Season¿198

16.¿War Over Christmas¿209

Chapter Notes¿219

Bibliography¿241

Index¿245

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2022
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Religion & Theologie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781476688282
ISBN-10:	1476688281
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Parry, Nathaniel
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	254 x 178 x 14 mm
Von/Mit:	Nathaniel Parry
Erscheinungsdatum:	10.11.2022
Gewicht:	0,5 kg