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BIBLIOGRAPHY: CHRISTMAS

Anderson, Janice Capel. “Mary's Difference: Gender and Patriarchy in the Birth Narratives.” Journal of Religion 67 (1987): 183-202.

Baillie, Donald. God Was In Christ: An Essay on Incarnation and Atonement. London: Faber & Faber, 1961.

Barnett, James H. The American Christmas: A Study in National Culture. New York: Macmillan, 1954.

Berquist, Jon. Incarnation. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 1999.

Brown, David. Tradition and Imagination: Revelation and Change. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999, 72-105.

Brown, Raymond E. The Birth of the Messiah: A Commentary on the Infancy Narratives in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. New York: Doubleday, 1993.

Gonzàlez, Catherine G. “Preaching from Christmas to Epiphany.” Journal for Preachers 20/1 (Advent 1996): 10-14.

Hockenberry, Jennifer. “The Philosophy of Christmas.” Currents in Theology and Mission 26 (1999): 451-56.

Horsley, Richard A. The Liberation of Christmas: The Infancy Narratives in Social Context. New York: Crossroad, 1989.

Knapp, John Charles. “The Ancient God of the New Religion.” Journal for Preachers 19/1 (Advent 1995): 14-20.

Larson-Miller, Lezette. “Christmas Season.” New Dictionary of Sacramental Worship, edited by Peter E. Fink, S. J, 204-10. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1990.

Living Pulpit 4/4 (October-December 1995).

Nissenbaum, Stephen. The Battle for Christmas. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.

Pless, John T. “Learning to Preach in Advent and Christmas from Luther.” Concordia Theological Quarterly 62 (1998): 269-86.

Restan, Penne L. Christmas in America: A History. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.

Roll, Susan K. “Christmas Then and Now.” Worship 73 (1999): 505-21.

Schmidt, Leigh E. “Christmas in the Marketplace.” Cross Currents 42 (1992): 342-56.

Torrance, Thomas F. “The Doctrine of the Virgin Birth.” Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology 12 (Spring 1994): 8-25.

Waits, William B. The Meaning of Christmas in America. New York University Press, 1993.

 

 
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