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Entries Tagged as 'Ghosts'

Spark: Religion and Death

July 12th, 2008 · by xJane · No Comments

Religious majorities are not allowing minorities to be buried in their graveyards. Fine on the outside, until one realizes that there is often only one (religious) graveyard serving a community.

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Tags: Belief · Church and State · Death · Ghosts · Religion · Ritual

on “4000″

March 25th, 2008 · by xJane · No Comments

All the news (and blogosphere) seems able to talk about today is the fact that the official number of American soldiers killed in Iraq since we went back to war there has reached 4000. There was not one (un)lucky person who tips the scales to a nice, round, reportable number, but 4. And this morning, […]

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Tags: Current Events · Death · Ethics · Ghosts · Humanity · Meditation & Prayer · Pacifism · Peace; conflict resolution.

Hungry Ghosts and Rational Faith

January 28th, 2008 · by John · 8 Comments

Detail from the Scroll of Hungry Ghosts showing ghosts devouring corpses in a graveyard. Click to see the full image.
A few years back, I took a graduate course called “Japanese Ghosts.” It was a fascinating blend of cultural, folklore, literary, feminist, political and religious studies. One article argued against the common assumption […]

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Tags: Belief · Ghosts · Japan · Reason