Halloween

Holiday of Horrors: Halloween, Hate, and the (Dis)Honoring of Tradition

Posted on October 31, 2014October 30, 2014 by Funlayo Wood

I used to love Halloween. As a child, I adored the dressing up as my favorite super heroine, rock star, animal, or – when I got a little older and fancier – donning some nice, natural looking fang... Read More

Samhain: Celebrating Our Ancestors, Harvesting the Hope of New Light

Posted on November 1, 2012November 2, 2012 by Andrew Bowen

Samhain, also known as Halloween or All Hallow’s Eve, is one of our society’s most controversial and least understood holy days. Unfortunately, I know this all too well from personal exper... Read More

The Notion of Interfaith Understanding by Diane Johnson

Posted on October 31, 2012May 13, 2015 by State of Formation

It is quite intriguing to contemplate this question of whether or not Halloween is a holiday. Let’s put aside the mythical and overabundant images of happy children in skeleton costumes, disgrun... Read More

Boo and the Big Bad Bully

Posted on February 25, 2011March 5, 2011 by Danielle Elizabeth Tumminio

Last Halloween, the Internet went viral with the story of a preschool boy who wanted to dress as Daphne for Halloween. His mother supported the plan, but the child—given the ghostly pseudonym Boo—... Read More