Tag: Religion and society
How the Christmas pudding, with ingredients taken from the colonies, became...
Troy Bickham, Texas A&M University
As an American living in Britain in the 1990s, my first exposure to Christmas...
Hanukkah celebrations have changed dramatically − but the same is true...
Samira Mehta, University of Colorado Boulder
Hanukkah is not the Jewish Christmas. Articles and op-eds in newspapers remind readers...
A TikTok Jesus promises divine blessings and many worldly comforts
Brandon Dean, University of Iowa
The TikTok profile Daily Believer (@believerdaily) has 70 videos with computer-generated Jesuses looking directly...
In America, national parks are more than scenic − they’re sacred....
Thomas S. Bremer, Rhodes College
Abraham Lincoln has an almost saintly place in U.S. history: the “Great Emancipator” whose...
Latter-day Saints lawsuits raise questions over Mormon tithing – can churches...
Samuel Brunson, Loyola University Chicago
Three men have filed a lawsuit against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
#UsToo: How antisemitism and Islamophobia make reporting sexual misconduct and abuse...
Keren McGinity, Brandeis University
October 2023 marks the anniversary of #MeToo: six years since actor Alyssa Milano’s tweet calling...
American individualism lives on after death, as consumers choose new ways...
Diana Blaine, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Death may be inevitable and universal, but the ways...
Louisiana’s ‘In God We Trust’ law tests limits of religion in...
Frank S. Ravitch, Michigan State University
When Louisiana passed a law in August 2023 requiring public schools to...
EXPLORING NATURE
Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including...
Moones Alamooti, University of North Dakota
As energy use rises and the planet warms, you might have dreamed of...
