Christmas Unwrapped: Consumerism, Celluloid, Christ,
Richard Horsley- ISBN: 1563383195, 9781563383199
- Page count: 208
- Published: 2001
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Trinity Press International
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- Author: Richard Horsley
"Christmas Unwrapped" offers a fascinating critique of the American Christmas from the perspectives of cultural studies, theology, and biblical studies. The central argument is that Christmas–with its attendant mythology, icons, and rituals–has become a new religion in America: the religion of consumer capitalism.
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