Owen Chadwick
- Published in print:
- 1983
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198264453
- eISBN:
- 9780191682711
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198264453.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
This is a biography of Hensley Henson, one of the most controversial religious figures in England during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book examines Henson's education at ...
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This is a biography of Hensley Henson, one of the most controversial religious figures in England during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book examines Henson's education at Oxford University and describes the highlights of his career as pastor of Ilford and Barking Church, as canon of Westminster Abbey, and as bishop of Hereford and Durham. It explores his involvement in political issues and his controversial views on such issues as divorce, the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, and the anti-Semitic policies of Nazi Germany.Less
This is a biography of Hensley Henson, one of the most controversial religious figures in England during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book examines Henson's education at Oxford University and describes the highlights of his career as pastor of Ilford and Barking Church, as canon of Westminster Abbey, and as bishop of Hereford and Durham. It explores his involvement in political issues and his controversial views on such issues as divorce, the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, and the anti-Semitic policies of Nazi Germany.
Penne L. Restad
- Published in print:
- 1997
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195109801
- eISBN:
- 9780199854073
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195109801.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
Indeed Christmas would not be Christmas if the most famous man in the Yuletide Season is not available to deliver gifts to children. This man is of course Santa Claus. This chapter discusses the ...
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Indeed Christmas would not be Christmas if the most famous man in the Yuletide Season is not available to deliver gifts to children. This man is of course Santa Claus. This chapter discusses the history behind the existence of Santa Claus. The character of Santa Claus in this text is dissected to its specific symbols and meanings from the way he looks to his charitable acts of gift giving for children. Defined as a successful factory owner, philanthropist, and quasi-religious figure, Santa Claus stood originally as a symbol of a nation that could neither fully embrace its growing wealth nor forsake its search for spiritual meaning in the celebration of Christmas.Less
Indeed Christmas would not be Christmas if the most famous man in the Yuletide Season is not available to deliver gifts to children. This man is of course Santa Claus. This chapter discusses the history behind the existence of Santa Claus. The character of Santa Claus in this text is dissected to its specific symbols and meanings from the way he looks to his charitable acts of gift giving for children. Defined as a successful factory owner, philanthropist, and quasi-religious figure, Santa Claus stood originally as a symbol of a nation that could neither fully embrace its growing wealth nor forsake its search for spiritual meaning in the celebration of Christmas.
