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December 26, 2008: Chanukah—The Victory Of The Taliban, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2008

December 26, 2008: Chanukah—The Victory Of The Taliban, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Chanukah—the Victory of the Taliban“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


December 24, 2008: The Humanlight Holiday, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2008

December 24, 2008: The Humanlight Holiday, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The HumanLight Holiday“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


December 2, 2008: How Thankful Was Your Thanksgiving?, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2008

December 2, 2008: How Thankful Was Your Thanksgiving?, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “How Thankful Was Your Thanksgiving?“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


November 25, 2008: The Habit Of Hope, Bruce Ledewitz Nov 2008

November 25, 2008: The Habit Of Hope, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “The Habit of Hope“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.


Amaro, Maria E. (Fa 302), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2008

Amaro, Maria E. (Fa 302), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 302. Paper: "Valentine Day: A Piece of American Fakelore" written by Maria Amaro for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


Fanslow, Robin A. (Fa 308), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jun 2008

Fanslow, Robin A. (Fa 308), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 308. Paper: "An Examination of the Act of Gift-Giving as an Example of the Folklore of My Family" written by Robin A. Fanslow for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class.


“A Kiss For Mother, A Hug For Dad”: The Early 20th Century Parents’ Day Campaign, Ralph Larossa, Jaimie Ann Carboy Jan 2008

“A Kiss For Mother, A Hug For Dad”: The Early 20th Century Parents’ Day Campaign, Ralph Larossa, Jaimie Ann Carboy

Sociology Faculty Publications

Father’s Day and Mother’s Day occupy sacred positions in American society—at least today. Unbeknownst to many, however, there was a campaign in the 1920s and 1930s to change Father’s Day and Mother’s Day to Parents’ Day, so that fathers and mothers would be honored on the same day. The campaign, based in New York City, was essentially a debate about the cultural position of parents in American society. How the campaign came to be—and why, in the end, it failed—illustrate the political maneuvering that characterizes people’s efforts to draw symbolic boundaries around fatherhood and motherhood.