El truco y el trato de la muerte

En el presente artículo, reflexionamos sobre el fenómeno de la muerte desde una prisma social y cultural, mediante el estudio de unas celebraciones en las que la muerte es un elemento central: las fiestas del 31 de octubre, denominadas Gau B…

Innovation, adaptation, and maintaining the balance

The environmental crisis has challenged faith traditions to take a stand and act both globally and locally. Statements and action build on reinterpretations of tradition, which also produce a variety of ritual applications. Environmental rituals, for e…

Independence Day in a would-be Christian nation

When the West African nation of Ghana attained its independence from colonial rule in 1957, its traditional culture was to be promoted in all sectors of public life. Similarly, what was construed as Ghanaian traditional religion was to be treated equal…

Praying with Blathmac

The mid-eighth-century Old Irish text known as the poems of Blathmac is a long devotional composition meditating on the mystery of Christ’s cross and its significance for salvation history. Since the discovery and subsequent publication of the text nea…