Toward the Origins of ChristmasPeeters Publishers, 1995 - 296 trang Christmas exerts an enormous attraction today even apart from its Christian character as a celebration of the incarnation of God in the Person of Jesus. Even marginal or indifferent Christians crowd the churches on Christmas Eve and in highly commercialized and technologized Western societies the Christmas season is celebrated with enthousiasm. Yet Christmas entered the calendar of feasts relatively late, by 336 C.E., and the reason for its introduction and quick spread remain speculative and based on fragmentary evidence. Towards the Origins of Christmas addresses both the contemporary Western celebration of Christmas, and its deep historical roots in the church of the fourth century. The book presents a thorough investigation of the patristic texts and evidence cited by liturgical scholars in the late 19th and 20th centuries to support two main theories: the Calculation theory and the History of Religions theory. This historical research is set in the framework of the contemporary experience of Christmas; the dynamics of time and the liturgical year; the inculturation of liturgy; and underlying elements of dualism and patriarchal power paradigms which linger beneath the often commercial and sentimental character of Christmas today. Suzan K. Roll was born in Clarence Center, New York (USA) in 1952. She holds degrees in classical languages and pastoral theology, and in 1993 received a Ph. D. from the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Louvain (Leuven), Belgium, summa cum laude with the gratulations of the jury. She has thaught and published in the field of liturgy, sacraments, pastoral theology, and presently teaches at Christ the King Seminary, Buffalo, New York (USA). |
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Introduction | 9 |
TIME AND THE CHRISTIAN LITURGICAL YEAR | 15 |
2 | 41 |
3 | 87 |
THE INVINCIBLE SUN AND THE FEAST OF CHRISTS BIRTH | 107 |
The History of Religions hypothesis | 127 |
THE SPREAD OF CHRISTMAS IN VIEW OF | 165 |
13 | 173 |
46 | 185 |
The nativity feast in a broader perspective | 211 |
CHRISTMAS IN A CONTEMPORARY | 225 |
Applying the insights | 251 |
General conclusions | 269 |
Bibliography | 275 |
295 | |
24 | 179 |
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25 December 25 March Aion Alexandria Arian Augustine BAINTON birth of Christ birthdate Botte Botte's Calculation hypothesis Casel CCSL celebration Cerf Chapter Christ's birth Christian Christmas and Epiphany Christmas feast Chrysostom CHUPUNGCO cited Computus concept concerning Constantine Constantinople contemporary context cosmic Council of Nicaea Cullmann cult culture cycle divine doctrinal DÖLGER Donatists Duchesne early church Easter ELIADE emperor Engberding Epiphany feast evidence feast of Christmas Feiern FENDT festal festival fourth century Geschichte Hippolytus History of Religions human incarnation inculturation January John Chrysostom Julian calendar Kirchenjahr l'Épiphanie later Liturgica liturgical Liturgisch lunar MAUR Mithras Natalis Solis Invicti nativity feast Nestorian Nestorius Nicene non-Christian Odo Casel origins of Christmas pagan parallel Paris Pascha patristic pre-Christian question reference Religions hypothesis religious rites Roman Rome Sancti scholars sermon shift significance Sol Invictus solar spring equinox structure symbolic TALLEY themes theological tion Ursprung Usener Weihnachten Weihnachtsfest winter solstice worship