Tag: Rituals
The 4 biggest gift-giving mistakes, according to a consumer psychologist
Julian Givi, West Virginia University
A good gift can elicit a surge of happiness and gratitude in the recipient....
Halloween’s celebration of mingling with the dead has roots in ancient...
Tok Thompson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
As Halloween approaches, people get ready to celebrate the...
Demolishing schools after a mass shooting reflects humans’ deep-rooted desire for...
Dimitris Xygalatas, University of Connecticut
After the recent shooting in Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which claimed the...
Sacred hares, banished winter witches and pagan worship – the roots...
Tok Thompson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
The Easter Bunny is a much celebrated character in...
Warrior, servant, mother, unifier – the Virgin Mary has played many...
Eric M. Vanden Eykel, Ferrum College
In a recent article in the “Religion News Service,” author Whitney Bauck pointed...
This Passover, as in the past, will be a time to...
Samuel L. Boyd, University of Colorado Boulder
Jewish families will gather for Passover this year in circumstances that will,...
The many stories of Diwali share a common theme of triumph...
Natasha Mikles, Texas State University
As many Indian Americans celebrate the election of the first Black and South Asian woman, Kamala Harris, to the White...
What Islamic hygienic practices can teach when coronavirus is spreading
Rose S. Aslan, California Lutheran University
As outbreaks of the coronavirus spread throughout the world, people are reminded over and again to limit physical contact,...
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Rural Americans’ struggles against factory farm pollution find traction in court
Sacoby Wilson, University of Maryland
As U.S. livestock farming becomes more industrial, it is changing rural life. Many people now live near Concentrated Animal Feeding...
