Tag Archives: The Sacred

“Sacred” and “the Sacred”: False Cognates

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Craig Martin

by Craig Martin “Sacred” is an adjective; “the Sacred” is a noun.  In The Ideology of Religious Studies, Tim Fitzgerald discusses the adjectival use: If by ‘sacred’ we mean those things, ideas, places, people, stories, procedures and principles that empirical groups … Continue reading →

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“West Virginia is one big portal!” Reflections on the Eleventh Annual Mothman Festival – Part 2

Posted on September 20, 2012 by mattsheedy

By Joseph Laycock When my partner and I crossed the border into West Virginia, the first thing I noticed were the billboards and radio attack ads. Both parties, it seemed, supported coal and hated the EPA.  An ad for Senator … Continue reading →

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Nationalist Hierophanies

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Craig Martin

One semester in REL 101 I told students that I would perform a “ritual” with them, whereby I would make “the Sacred” manifest itself. My ritual supplies included a bowl of water, a glue stick, a lighter, and some square, rectangular, … Continue reading →

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