Posts on 12/10/19
What`s the Deal with US Holidays?
(Enrique Torner, USA, 12/10/19 12:56 pm) Speaking about holidays, in Spain a holiday means nobody (or hardly anybody) works. Since I come from this perspective, US holidays have always puzzled me. There are holidays in which some peo ...
Read more"Cara al sol" and "Horst-Wessel-Lied"
(Carmen Negrin, France, 12/10/19 4:03 am) In response to Silvia Ribelles (November 18th), I wonder what would happen in Germany if there were a play about the Second World War and the show included the "Horst-Wessel-Lied." In ...
Read moreThoughts on Secular Holidays
(Tor Guimaraes, USA, 12/10/19 3:20 am) John Eipper commented on my last post: "Does [Tor Guimaraes's] God the Universe theology allow for holidays? Isn't there something fundamentally irrational and unscientific about making ...
Read moreReligion and Nation-Building: Eastern Europe
(Bàrbara Molas, Canada, 12/10/19 2:54 am) John E raised this question on December 8th: "Why does Eastern Europe turn towards religion, while Western Europe grows ever more secular?" In my research, I find that religion as a mo ...
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