The Significance of Christmas for Liberal Multiculturalism

In Fritz Allhoff & Scott C. Lowe (eds.), Christmas ‐ Philosophy for Everyone. Oxford, UK: Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 70–79 (2010)
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significance of Christmas ‐ for liberal multiculturalism   Christmas, a small role ‐ creating and maintaining a well‐ordered, secular, liberal, multicultural society   Christians, regarding Christmas as marking ‐ the birth of Jesus, an occasion for worship   secular Christmas from a religious Christmas ‐ religion declining through generations   multiculturalists, opposing public Christmas displays ‐ public celebrations of Christmas insensitive to non‐Christian faithful   Christmas, to repeat, for many who celebrate it ‐ an entirely secular holiday, devoid of religious significance   multiculturalism embodied in society ‐ as liberal multiculturalism and communitarian   liberal multiculturalism, from respect, equality, and decency ‐ upholding worth of each individual person   liberal multicultural society, more attractive than the communitarian sort   secular Christmas, liberal values underpinning multiculturalism

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