Many colleges accept requests for religious and cultural identity-based housing. At theUniversity of California-Berkeley, these include all-women’s and all-men’s floors or suites based on religious or cultural beliefs or practice, and semi-private bathrooms. The school also offers ...
Religious sanctuaries hold significant cultural, historical, and spiritual value for communities worldwide. These sacred spaces provide solace, inspiration, and connection to something greater than ourselves. Protecting these hallowed grounds from any threat that may compromise their integrity is essential. ...
in the cultural imagination of France and the Netherlands, of chivalric dreams of a more beautiful life. Before the sadness of fate and history set the dominant tone, says Huizinga, “in many respects life still wore the color of fairy tales.”[iv]At the end of the 14thcentury, a French...
Not an idea in my mind. A feeling in my body. I tried briefly to give it words. Nearness. Urgency. Strength. Presence. Then I let the words go, and rested in whatever it was. In times so dark and dangerous, it felt––consoling. Heaven and earth may pass away, but this Presence ...
Persians, spoke of its inhabitants as “Hindu” (Greek:‘indoi), and, in the 16th century, residents of India themselves began very slowly to employ the term to distinguish themselves from the Turks. Gradually the distinction became primarily religious rather than ethnic, geographic, or cultural...
Orisha Oil: Unveiling the Mystical Essence and Its Multifaceted Benefits May 13, 2024Oil, Protection, SpiritualComments: 0 Orisha oil is a term that might sound mystical and intriguing. It’s not just another essential oil but carries with it a rich history, cultural significance, and multifa...
the world around us into words––is a complex, nuanced dance between the subjectivity of the self who writes what she sees and the elusive otherness of the not-self. How much of what we see is constructed and colored by our minds, our feelings, our cultural and aesthetic presuppositions...
Once in Bethlehem, she meets Boaz, her future husband. Like her first spouse, he’s an Israelite. In this story, intermarriage is not a problem. Not only is Ruth given one of the few happy endings in the Bible, that Moabite woman becomes the honored ancestor of King David. Cultural dif...
” Like so many of us, Clarence is troubled by the normalization of racism and hatred at the highest levels of our government as well as in the untamed id of cultural rage. From the stigmatization of Muslims to the unspeakable cruelty at our southern border, America’s shadow side is on ...
Posted onSeptember 24, 2024 Reply Illustration by Shepard Fairey from a photograph by Delphine Diallo. Last night, at a campaign rally in Pennsyvlania, Donald Trump told the crowd that immigrants are “changing the character of small towns and villages all over our country and changing them for...