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Christmas and the Myth of the Neutral State

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Christmas and the Myth of the Neutral State
A man prays in a church as shoppers make their last minute purchases on Christmas Eve in Birmingham, England, on Dec. 24, 2018. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Paul Adams
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Can Christians celebrate Christmas publicly, in traditional ways—exchanges of official, personal, and business greetings, specially decorated trees, carols, school plays, Nativity scenes, and public broadcasts such as the Queen’s Speech in the UK and Commonwealth—without offending unbelievers?

Paul Adams
Paul Adams
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Paul Adams is a professor emeritus of social work at the University of Hawai‘i, and was professor and associate dean of academic affairs at Case Western Reserve University. He is the co-author of "Social Justice Isn’t What You Think It Is," and has written extensively on social welfare policy and professional and virtue ethics.
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