Global Religious Festivals | Jennifer Scheper Hughes

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Festival of Colors, Utah

Toward a Theory of Festival. By Amanda Lucia.

Historically, religious festivals have been means to celebrate special occasions, markers of sacred time and space, means to consolidate political power and reify community identity, ways to invoke the divine …

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“Questions on Festival”. By Wale Adebanwi.

Query 1: The Religious Festivals Humanities Lab Project reveals that we become enmeshed in the complicated and vibrant diversity of California and because these celebrations are capable of assuaging our …

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October 23, 2015
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“A Community of Chiefs: Individualism, Religious Eclecticism and the Spectre of the Mainstream.” A reflection by Jeremy Guida

  Eclectic forms of religious life in the United States have existed for a long time and have been grouped together under many different labels. The kinds of traditions that …

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October 22, 2015
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“In Times of War.” A reflection by David Chávez.

Watashi wa Manzanar! I am Manzanar. These words were proclaimed by Dr. Satsuki Ina and greeted with a vocal and visual response as volunteers held up pre-made signs with …

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October 21, 2015
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“Manzanar Humanities Lab Goes On Pilgrimage.” A Reflection by Jim K. Lee.

On Saturday, April 25, 2015, the Manzanar Committee (http://manzanarcommittee.org/) convened the 46th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage. What began as a post-World War II remembrance by two Japanese immigrant ministers, of those …

Festival of Colors
October 19, 2015
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“The Playful Seduction of Colors: Chanting ‘Hare Krishna’ by Accident.” A reflection by Amanda Lucia.

“Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Ram Hare Ram, Ram Ram Hare Hare!!” The mahamantra (the most significant chant) of the Hare Krishnas reverberates throughout soccer fields, …

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August 18, 2015
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