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Christmas in the Crosshairs: Two Thousand Years of Denouncing and Defending the World´s Most Celebrated Holiday
Gerry Bowler
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Hardback. Is there a War on Christmas? Historically, there is and always has been. This book surveys the history of the world's most popular festival and the never-ending battles it has engendered ever since its hotly-contested invention in the Roman Empire. Num Pages: 312 pages, 21. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HRCR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 606.
An Anglican priest hands out brass knuckles to his congregation to guard his church from anti-Christmas fanatics. Fascists insist that the real Christmas is the Winter Solstice, while Communists stage atheist musicals outside of churches on Christmas Eve. Activists vandalize shops that set out holiday advertising in October and anti-consumerists sing parody carols in shopping malls. Is there such a thing as a War on Christmas? As Gerry Bowler demonstrates in this entertaining book, there is and always has been a War, or rather, several wars, on Christmas. Christmas, a global phenomenon adored by billions ... Read more
An Anglican priest hands out brass knuckles to his congregation to guard his church from anti-Christmas fanatics. Fascists insist that the real Christmas is the Winter Solstice, while Communists stage atheist musicals outside of churches on Christmas Eve. Activists vandalize shops that set out holiday advertising in October and anti-consumerists sing parody carols in shopping malls. Is there such a thing as a War on Christmas? As Gerry Bowler demonstrates in this entertaining book, there is and always has been a War, or rather, several wars, on Christmas. Christmas, a global phenomenon adored by billions ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
606g
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190499006
SKU
V9780190499006
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About Gerry Bowler
Gerry Bowler is a Canadian historian whose research focus on the intersection of religion and popular culture, especially Christmas. He has taught at a number of universities in western Canada and spent 25 years with the University of Manitoba as a Professor of History.
Reviews for Christmas in the Crosshairs: Two Thousand Years of Denouncing and Defending the World´s Most Celebrated Holiday
[A] fascinating historical exploration that spends as much time in our modern era with the rebels and radicals who have sought to co-opt Christmas for their own political, ideological and theological agendas as much as it does our ancient ancestors.
PopMatters
Gerry Bowler has a fascianting story to tell involving everyone from Puritans and anti-consumerists to Bolsheviks and ... Read more
PopMatters
Gerry Bowler has a fascianting story to tell involving everyone from Puritans and anti-consumerists to Bolsheviks and ... Read more