Christopher Deacy (Reader in Theology & Universi Religious Studies

Christmas as Religion

The Relationship Between Sacred and Secular

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Produktbeschreibung

This work develops critical links between modern representations of Christmas and the category of religion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 137mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9780198754565
• ISBN-10: 0198754566
• Artikelnr.: 47870669

Autorenporträt

Dr Christopher Deacy is Reader in Theology & Religious Studies at the University of Kent. His publications include Screening the Afterlife: Theology, Eschatology, and Film (Routledge, 2012) and Theology and Film: Challenging the Sacred/Secular Divide (Wiley Blackwell, 2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: What is Christmas?
2: Revisiting the Religious Origins and Essence of Christmas
3: Is Christmas a 'Secular' Religion?
4: Christmas as a Site of Implicit Religion
5: Christmas Films as Repositories of the Sacred
6: Reframing Christmas and the Religion of Materialism
Bibliography