The Oxford Handbook of Christmas provides a comprehensive account of all aspects of Christmas across the globe, from the specifically religious to the purely cultural. Contributions by experts from across numerous disciplines cover a range of topics, such as decorating trees, carols, cinema, the Nativity, and the influence of consumerism.
The Oxford Handbook of Christmas provides a comprehensive account of all aspects of Christmas across the globe, from the specifically religious to the purely cultural. Contributions by experts from across numerous disciplines cover a range of topics, such as decorating trees, carols, cinema, the Nativity, and the influence of consumerism.
Professor Timothy Larsen is McManis Professor of Christian Thought, Wheaton College; an Honorary Fellow, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh; and an Honorary Research Fellow, University of Wales Trinity Saint David. He has been a Visiting Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge, All Souls College, Oxford, and Christ Church, Oxford. His books include Crisis of Doubt: Honest Faith in Nineteenth-Century England (OUP 2006); A People of One Book: The Bible and the Victorians (OUP 2011); The Slain God: Anthropologists and the Christian Faith (OUP 2014); and John Stuart Mill: A Secular Life (OUP 2018).
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* Part I: History * 1: Paul F. Bradshaw: The Dating of Christmas: The Early Church * 2: Kati Ihnat: The Middle Ages * 3: Katrina Jennie-Lou Wheeler: The Reformation and Early Modern Periods * 4: Timothy Larsen: The Nineteenth Century * 5: Christopher Ferguson: The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries * Part II: Theology * 6: John Barton: The Old Testament * 7: Markus Bockmuehl and Evangeline Kozitza: The New Testament * 8: Katherine Sonderegger: Jesus Christ and the Incarnation * 9: Katherine G. Schmidt: The Blessed Virgin Mary and the Virgin Birth * Part III: Worshipping Communities * 10: Anne McGowan: Roman Catholicism * 11: Mary B. Cunningham: Eastern Orthodoxy * 12: Kirsi Stjerna: Lutheranism * 13: Martyn Percy: Anglicanism * 14: Andrew R. Holmes: Reformed and Dissenting Protestants * Part IV: The Nativity Story * 15: Holly Taylor Coolman: The Holy Family * 16: David Lyle Jeffrey: Gabriel and the Angels * 17: Leroy A. Huizenga: Bethlehem and the Census * 18: D. H. Williams: The Magi and the Star * 19: Jody Vaccaro Lewis: The Inn, the Manger, the Swaddling Clothes, the Shepherds, and the Animals * Part V: Traditions * 20: Daniel Gifford: The Winter Solstice and other Celebrations of the Season * 21: Adam C. English: St Nicholas to Santa Claus * 22: David Bertaina: Trees and Decorations * 23: Ellen M. Litwicki: Gifts and Charity * 24: Marcia J. Bunge: Children and Childhood * 25: Paul Freedman: Food and Drink * Part VI: The Arts * 26: Tova Leigh-Choate: Carols and Music to 1900 * 27: Todd Decker: Carols and Music since 1900 * 28: Barbara von Barghahn: Paintings * 29: Frances Clemson: Plays * 30: Emma Mason: Poetry * 31: Natalie McKnight: Fiction * 32: Mark Connelly: Film and Television * Part VII: Around the World * 33: Elizabeth Monier: Bethlehem and the Middle East * 34: Nadine Cretin: Catholic Europe * 35: Joe Perry: Germany and Scandinavia * 36: Francesca Silano: Russia * 37: Martin Johnes: The United Kingdom * 38: Daniel Vaca: The United States * 39: Joel Cabrita: Africa * 40: Joseph Tse-Hei Lee: Asia * 41: David Thomas Orique, O.P.: Latin America and the Caribbean * Part VIII: The State and Society * 42: Richard W. Garnett and Jackson Blais: Public Holidays and the Law * 43: John Schmalzbauer: Commercialism and Consumerism * 44: David Nash: Secularity * 45: Gerry Bowler: Culture Wars * Epilogue: The Many True Meanings of Christmas
* Part I: History * 1: Paul F. Bradshaw: The Dating of Christmas: The Early Church * 2: Kati Ihnat: The Middle Ages * 3: Katrina Jennie-Lou Wheeler: The Reformation and Early Modern Periods * 4: Timothy Larsen: The Nineteenth Century * 5: Christopher Ferguson: The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries * Part II: Theology * 6: John Barton: The Old Testament * 7: Markus Bockmuehl and Evangeline Kozitza: The New Testament * 8: Katherine Sonderegger: Jesus Christ and the Incarnation * 9: Katherine G. Schmidt: The Blessed Virgin Mary and the Virgin Birth * Part III: Worshipping Communities * 10: Anne McGowan: Roman Catholicism * 11: Mary B. Cunningham: Eastern Orthodoxy * 12: Kirsi Stjerna: Lutheranism * 13: Martyn Percy: Anglicanism * 14: Andrew R. Holmes: Reformed and Dissenting Protestants * Part IV: The Nativity Story * 15: Holly Taylor Coolman: The Holy Family * 16: David Lyle Jeffrey: Gabriel and the Angels * 17: Leroy A. Huizenga: Bethlehem and the Census * 18: D. H. Williams: The Magi and the Star * 19: Jody Vaccaro Lewis: The Inn, the Manger, the Swaddling Clothes, the Shepherds, and the Animals * Part V: Traditions * 20: Daniel Gifford: The Winter Solstice and other Celebrations of the Season * 21: Adam C. English: St Nicholas to Santa Claus * 22: David Bertaina: Trees and Decorations * 23: Ellen M. Litwicki: Gifts and Charity * 24: Marcia J. Bunge: Children and Childhood * 25: Paul Freedman: Food and Drink * Part VI: The Arts * 26: Tova Leigh-Choate: Carols and Music to 1900 * 27: Todd Decker: Carols and Music since 1900 * 28: Barbara von Barghahn: Paintings * 29: Frances Clemson: Plays * 30: Emma Mason: Poetry * 31: Natalie McKnight: Fiction * 32: Mark Connelly: Film and Television * Part VII: Around the World * 33: Elizabeth Monier: Bethlehem and the Middle East * 34: Nadine Cretin: Catholic Europe * 35: Joe Perry: Germany and Scandinavia * 36: Francesca Silano: Russia * 37: Martin Johnes: The United Kingdom * 38: Daniel Vaca: The United States * 39: Joel Cabrita: Africa * 40: Joseph Tse-Hei Lee: Asia * 41: David Thomas Orique, O.P.: Latin America and the Caribbean * Part VIII: The State and Society * 42: Richard W. Garnett and Jackson Blais: Public Holidays and the Law * 43: John Schmalzbauer: Commercialism and Consumerism * 44: David Nash: Secularity * 45: Gerry Bowler: Culture Wars * Epilogue: The Many True Meanings of Christmas
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