Thanksgiving is often recognized as an inter-cultural holiday, celebrating the cooperation of European Pilgrims and Native Americans, but it is also an interfaith holiday. After all the Wampanoag were not Christian. For American Reform Unitarians* the interfaith nature of Thanksgiving actually reinforces its Christian importance, for we see Christianity not as a religion defined against [...]
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12th Day of Thanksgiving – Harvest Thursday
Posted in holidays, idiom, Thursday worship, tagged christian, christianity, harvest, idolatry, jesus christ, pilgrims, religion, thanksgiving, unitarian, wampanoag on 25 November 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Fifth Day of Thanksgiving – Remembrance Thursday
Posted in holidays, Thursday worship, tagged multiculturalism, pilgrims, thanksgiving, wampanoag on 18 November 2010 | 1 Comment »
Vital to the full vision of Thanksgiving, as we remember that good things come to our lives through meetings, is the risk involved in such meetings. Human beings need to mix and mingle — not only to make life worth living, but also to grow and adapt to our changing environment. Still, this exchange is not without [...]
Reform Unitarian Thanksgiving
Posted in holidays, teachings, Thursday worship, tagged centurion, christian, interfaith, justin martyr, pagan, pilgrim, samaritan, sectarianism, st. paul, thanksgiving, unknown god, wampanoag on 27 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thanksgiving is often recognized as an inter-cultural holiday, celebrating the cooperation of Pilgrims and Native Americans, but it is also an interfaith holiday. After all the Wampanoag were not Christian. For American Reform Unitarians* the interfaith nature of Thanksgiving actually reinforces its Christian importance, for we see Christianity not as a religion defined against others, [...]
