Christmas as religion : rethinking Santa, the secular and the sacred /

Christopher Deacy explores the premise that religion plays an elementary role in our understanding of the Christmas festival, but takes issue with much of the existing literature which is inclined to limit the contours and parameters of 'religion' to particular representations and manifest...

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Main Author:	Deacy, Christopher (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Christmas > History. Religion and culture.