ISBN:
9780192567130
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (657 pages)
Series Statement:
Oxford Handbooks Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
394.2663
Keywords:
Christmas
;
Christmas-History
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
Cover -- The Oxford Handbook Of Christmas -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- A Note on the Cover Image -- Part I: History -- Chapter 1: The Dating of Christmas: The Early Church -- Two Theories -- The Spread of Epiphany -- 25 December -- The Spread of Christmas -- References And Further Reading -- Chapter 2: The Middle Ages -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 3: The Reformation and Early Modern Periods -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 4: The Nineteenth Century -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 5: The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries -- References and Further Reading -- Part II: Theology -- Chapter 6: The Old Testament -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 7: The New Testament -- Introduction: Christmas in the New Testament? -- Mark -- Matthew -- Luke -- John -- The Letters and Revelation -- The Earliest Readers -- Conclusion:The New Testament in Christmas -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 8: Jesus Christ and the Incarnation -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 9: The Blessed Virgin Mary and the Virgin Birth -- Biblical Sources for the Mother of Jesus -- The Council of Ephesus -- Mary in the Medieval and Reformed Church -- Devotion and Dogma -- Mary in the New Millennium -- References and Further Reading -- Part III: Worshipping Communities -- Chapter 10: Roman Catholicism -- The Contours of the Christmas Season and the Comites Christi -- The Masses of Christmas -- Liturgical Accommodations -- Cultural Considerations -- Preaching Christ, Child and Crucified -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 11: Eastern Orthodoxy -- Theology and Liturgy: The Celebration of Christ's Nativity in Church -- Iconography of the Feast of the Nativity -- Christmas Celebrations in the Community -- Conclusion -- References and Further Reading.
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URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198831464.001.0001
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