Tag: Thanksgiving
What is behind the turkey pardoning ritual?
Tobin Miller Shearer, The University of Montana
Since 1989, when President George H. W. Bush first formally instituted the practice, U.S. presidents have pardoned a...
What stories should you be telling kids this holiday season?
Marshall Duke, Emory University
In every culture that anthropologists have ever studied, people tell stories.
Families most frequently tell stories around the time of vacations, family...
EXPLORING NATURE
From ancient texts to modern practices, Daoism provides a profound framework...
Michael Naparstek, University of Tennessee
Daoism, China’s indigenous religion, is one of the country’s five officially recognized religions today....
