Tag: Religion and society
To stop police shootings of people with mental health disabilities, I...
Jennifer Sarrett, Emory University
After Shukri Ali Said left her house during a mental health crisis on April 23, 2018, her sister called 911 for...
How the US military has embraced growing religious diversity
Ronit Y. Stahl, University of California, Berkeley
In 1919, Lee Levinger buried four soldiers in France. The responsibility to preside over a funeral was not...
Mormons in Mexico: A brief history of polygamy, cartel violence and...
Rebecca Janzen, University of South Carolina
Nine members of a prominent Mormon family in northern Mexico, all women and children, were gunned down on Nov....
Why Joe Biden was denied communion at a church
Bruce T. Morrill, Vanderbilt University
Former Vice President Joseph Biden, who is a Roman Catholic, recently stopped on the campaign trail to attend Sunday Mass...
Day of the Dead: From Aztec goddess worship to modern Mexican...
Kirby Farah, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Day of the Dead might sound like a solemn affair, but...
Most witches are women, because witch hunts were all about persecuting...
Bridget Marshall, University of Massachusetts Lowell
“Witch hunt” – it’s a refrain used to deride everything from impeachment inquiries and sexual assault investigations to allegations...
Fundamentalism turns 100, a landmark for the Christian Right
William Trollinger, University of Dayton
These days, the term “fundamentalism” is often associated with a militant form of Islam.
But the original fundamentalist movement was actually...
The history of the cross and its many meanings over the...
Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross
In the fall, Catholics and some other Christian churches celebrate the Feast of the Holy Cross. With...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
