war on Christmas
Public schools can avoid ‘War on Christmas’ tussle in school holiday calendar (COMMENTARY)
By J. Brent Walker — December 4, 2014
(RNS) Refusing to identify the religious reason for the days off does not solve the problem and only invites unfounded criticism of hostility to Christmas and the other religious holidays.
Can commerce and religion go their separate ways this Christmas? (COMMENTARY)
By Tom Ehrich — November 18, 2014
(RNS) Maybe it's good that commerce has declared its independence from religion and decorum. That clears the way for faith to have its parallel season -- not in competition with commerce, but as the deeper reality that commerce can never attain.
COMMENTARY: The Christmas Wars are over, and Christmas won
By Charles Austin — December 20, 2013
(RNS) Television pundits, conservative politicians and talk-radio loudmouths who believe there is a “War on Christmas” should look around, withdraw their troops and quit screaming. Because if there is a war on Christmas, Christmas has won.
Poll: Christmas is a commercial holiday, not a sacred holy day, for many
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 17, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) A growing number of Americans greet Christmas with a "Happy Holidays" spirit rather than a religious one, but joy and and generosity still abound, a new survey finds.
Q&A with ‘Nonbeliever Nation’ author David Niose
By Kimberly Winston — September 4, 2012
(RNS) In his new book, "Nonbeliever Nation: The Rise of Secular Americans," David Niose charts the development and growth of the religious right, tackles the "War on Christmas" as a manufactured controversy, and explains why George W. Bush's election was the best thing to happen to the secular movement. By Kimberly Winston.
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