Two Tennessee Religious Freedom Disputes Put Minority Faiths in Focus
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Two separate religious-freedom disputes in Tennessee—one involving religious practice and eligibility to foster and the other involving Ten Commandments displays in public schools—raise questions about government involvement with religion and protections for minority faiths.
One Wish, No Refunds: What Obsession Borrows from the Craft It Doesn’t Practice
“Film audiences have spent all summer describing Obsession a story about the dangers of witchcraft,” writes Beatrix Kondo. “Nothing in it, however, has anything to do with sorcery. What Bear does? That’s shopping.”
American Myths
Karl E.H. Seigfried travels through American landscape and American history, and considers how Heathen values reflect and intersect with both.
Our Nameless Grief: Mourning Dolly
Belanger reflects on public mourning, the shrines we build, and what Pagans may understand about honoring a life that touched millions and left “a palpable impact upon the state of our world going forward.”