Lowe Christmas - Philosophy for Everyone

Better Than a Lump of Coal
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4443-4145-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Philosophy for Everyone

From Santa, elves and Ebenezer Scrooge, to the culture wars andvirgin birth, Christmas - Philosophy forEveryone explores a host of philosophical issues raised bythe practices and beliefs surrounding Christmas.
* Offers thoughtful and humorous philosophical insights into themost widely celebrated holiday in the Western world
* Contributions come from a wide range of disciplines, includingphilosophy, theology, religious studies, English literature,cognitive science and moral psychology
* The essays cover a wide range of Christmas themes, from adefence of the miracle of the virgin birth to the relevance ofChristmas to atheists and pagans

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lowe, Scott C.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Allhoff, Fritz

Nissenbaum, Stephen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword: Joining the Manger to the Sleigh? (StephenNissenbaum).
Editor's Introduction (Scott C. Lowe).
Part I: Christmas: In the Beginning.
1. Jesus, Mary and Hume: On the Possibility of the Virgin Birth(Zachary Jurgensen and Jason Southworth).
2. The Virgin Birth: Authentic Christmas Magic (VictorLyons).
3. Putting the "Yule" Back in "Yuletide" (ToddPreston).
Part II: Is Celebrating Christmas Really a Good Idea?
4. Armed for the War on Christmas (Scott F. Aiken).
5. Christmas Mythologies: Sacred and Secular (GuyBennett-Hunter).
6. The Significance of Christmas for Liberal Multiculturalism(Mark Mercer).
7. Crummy Commercials and BB Guns: Son-of-a-Bitch Consumerism ina Christmas Classic (Erin Haire and Dustin Nelson).
Part III: Santa: A Deeper Look.
8. The Mind of Santa Claus and the Metaphors He Lives By(William E. Deal and S. Waller).
9. Making a List, Checking It Twice: The Santa ClausSurveillance System (Richard Hancuff and NoreenO'Connor).
10. You'd Better Watch Out... (Will Williams).
11. Santa's Sweatshop: Elf Exploitation for Christmas(Matthew Brophy).
Part IV: The Morality of Christmas.
12. Against the Santa Clause Lie: The Truth We Should Tell OurChildren (David Kyle Johnson).
13. Lying to Children about Santa: Why It's Just Not Wrong(Era Gavrielides).
14. Putting Claus Back into Christmas (Steven D.Hales).
15. Scrooge Learns it All in One Night: Happiness and theVirtues of Christmas (Dane Scott).
Part V: Christmas Through Others' Eyes.
16. Holly Jolly Atheists: A Naturalistic Justification forChristmas (Ruth Tallman).
17. Heaven, Hecate and Hallmark: Christmas in Hindsight(Marion G. Mason).
18. Festivus and the Need for Seasonal Absurdity (CalebHolt).
19. Common Claus: Santa as Cross-Cultural Connection (CindyScheopner).
Afterword (Santa Claus).
Notes on Contributors (Santa's Elves).

Über Autor(innen)

Scott C. Lowe is professor of Philosophy and chair of the Department of Philosophy at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. His current interest is in the political philosophy of Richard Rorty. He is the editor, along with Steven Hales, of Delight in Thinking: An Introduction to Philosophy Reader (2006).