As Penne Restad reveals in this marvelous new book, it has always been an ambiguous meld of sacred thoughts and worldly actions-- as well as a fascinating reflection of our changing society.

"Lewis struck me as the most thoroughly converted man I ever met," observes Walter Hooper in the preface to this collection of essays by C.S. Lewis.

The Oxford Handbook of Christmas provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary account of all aspects of Christmas across the globe, from the specifically religious to the purely cultural.

Keeping Holiday is also a charming, insightful way to help children grasp the meaning of the Incarnation.

‘Sex underlies human existence, and if human life is sacred, how can sex not be?’ As squeamish as India is today about sex, this is also the land where queens once copulated with head horses at religious ceremonies, where the art of ...

Edited by Amitai Etzioni, one of the most influential social and political thinkers of our time, this collection provides a compelling overview of the impact that holidays and rituals have on our family and communal life.

Updated with new material, this book delineates a Fox News Channel host's claim that the push to secularize Christmas is a liberal plot.

... celebration of Russian Orthodox Christmas . Most visitors to the festival probably are unprepared for the depth and richness of cul- tural elaboration that begins on January 7 and continues in full swing for the next ten days . Those ...

... essay shows us how warmly he had entered into the spirit of the Christmas celebration . What interest has the Church in the celebration ... Christmas observed by only the rich , or did CHRISTMAS 115.