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Heaven, Hecate, and Hallmark
In Scott C. Lowe (ed.), Christmas: Philosophy For Everyone. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 197–207 (2010)
Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled: Childhood and Christmas Heaven is at Stake Moving around the Spiral Hecate at the Crossroads It's Not about Me? It's Not Me or You: It's Hallmark Spiraling Around the Christmas Tree.
heaven, Hecate, and hallmark ‐ Christmas in hindsight childhood and Christmas – Christmas, celebrated primarily as a secular activity Stages of Faith model by James Fowler ‐ theory, for hindsight reflections on Christmas Intuitive‐Projective Faith, a childhood stage ‐ entering into dramatic religious feelings and emotions Synthetic‐Conventional Faith, appreciating personal relationships in religious community fundamentalist Christianity ‐ musical presentations, caroling to nursing homes, collecting gifts for needy children Paganism and the venture into it ‐ what defined a religion, compared to what Christianity was and even Unitarian Universalism cycles of the moon and sun, corresponding to holidays or the Wheel of the Year Early Christians, arrival in a new land ‐ moving holy days to times of Pagan gatherings to merge events completing Fowler's journey ‐ the final stage, called Universalizing Faith
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