Michael Naparstek

Michael Naparstek is an author at Religion News Service.

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What Taoism teaches about the body and being healthy

By Michael Naparstek — January 10, 2024
(The Conversation) — A scholar of Daoist rituals explains how the indigenous tradition of China understands the human body as being part of the larger cosmos.

How sacred images in many Asian cultures incorporate divine presence and make them come ‘alive’

By Michael Naparstek — December 6, 2023
(The Conversation) — Through the power of rituals, inanimate objects can be understood to transform into agents who can see, hear, taste and respond to the concerns of those who worship them.
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