The Oxford Handbook of Christmas

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-0-19-889741-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 656 Seiten, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1250 g

The Oxford Handbook of Christmas provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary account of all aspects of Christmas across the globe, from the specifically religious to the purely cultural. The contributions are drawn from a distinguished group of international experts from across numerous disciplines, including literary scholars, theologians, historians, biblical scholars, sociologists, anthropologists, art historians, and legal experts. The volume provides authoritative treatments of a range of topics, from the origins of Christmas to the present; decorating trees to eating plum pudding; from the Bible to contemporary worship; from carols to cinema; from the Nativity Story to Santa Claus; from Bethlehem to Japan; from Catholics to Baptists; from secularism to consumerism.

Christmas is the biggest celebration on the planet. Every year, a significant percentage of the world's population is drawn to this holiday—from Cape Cod to Cape Town, from South America to South Korea, and on and on across the globe. The Christmas season takes up a significant part of the entire year. For many countries, the holiday is a major force in their national economy. Moreover, Christmas is not just a modern holiday, but has been an important feast for most Christians since the fourth century and a dominant event in many cultures and countries for over a millennium. The Oxford Handbook of Christmas provides an invaluable reference point for anyone interested in this global phenomenon.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Larsen, Timothy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Leben & Brauch, Soziale Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Kult, Riten, Feiertage, Zeremonien, Gebete
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 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

Über Autor(innen)

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).