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Month: November 2018

Thanksgiving Rites and Wrongs: Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and the American Imagination

D. F. Sebastian The contrast between the practices of modern and archaic thanksgiving rites gives us insight into the broader imagination behind how our society is constructed.

With the Dead in Paradise: American Memorial Day, Floating Lanterns, and Free-Floating Spirituality

Gary Laderman The dead are with us. At least that’s what most religious cultures tell us.

Sacred Matters is serious fun for serious scholars and intellectuals who want to think outside the religion box. Religion doesn’t matter here, but Sacred Matters is only and exclusively interested in religious matters, with its own peculiar twists and takes on what that even means.

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