Christmas - Philosophy for Everyone: Better Than a Lump of CoalISBN: 978-1-4443-3090-8
Paperback
256 pages
September 2010, Wiley-Blackwell
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From Santa, elves and Ebenezer Scrooge, to the culture wars and
virgin birth, Christmas - Philosophy for
Everyone explores a host of philosophical issues raised by
the practices and beliefs surrounding Christmas.
- Offers thoughtful and humorous philosophical insights into the most widely celebrated holiday in the Western world
- Contributions come from a wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, theology, religious studies, English literature, cognitive science and moral psychology
- The essays cover a wide range of Christmas themes, from a defence of the miracle of the virgin birth to the relevance of Christmas to atheists and pagans