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When retail and reverence collide
By Indu Viswanathan and Parth Parihar — January 2, 2020
(RNS) — Yoga's ubiquity has put Hindu imagery in the mainstream, but until HIndus are seen as equals in the U.S., mocking our faith's images defines us as colonialist caricatures.
Can witches and consumer culture coexist?
By Tara Isabella Burton — June 4, 2019
(RNS) — As long as millennials adapt rituals and spells as a force for change, companies will hawk those rituals and spells to preserve the status quo.
God and the games
By Kimberly Winston — February 8, 2018
(RNS) — The Olympics have deep religious and spiritual roots -- which, some scholars say, are in jeopardy.
Saints displaced and replaced
By Martin E. Marty — November 7, 2016
If one cannot handle the dust of the grave, there is comfort to be had, it is reasoned, in the designer urns to be mounted on the mantel at home.
God and the games
By Kimberly Winston — August 4, 2016
(RNS) The Olympics have deep religious and spiritual roots -- which, some scholars say, are in jeopardy.
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