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"The truth is one, but different sages call it by different names."
-Ancient Hindu saying
Here you will find the dates of holidays from various traditions in an Interfaith Calendar, free email greeting cards for your family and friends, humorous videos, and books exploring interfaith perspectives of spirituality.
Interfaith Calendar
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January
New Year's Day (1st) Western calendar
February
Imbolc (2nd) Pagan
Lent (Feb 17 - Apr 3) Christian
New Year's Day (14th) Asian calendar
Valentine's Day (14th) Western calendar
Presidents Day (15th) American, civic holiday
Purim (28th) Jewish
March
St. Patrick's Day (17th) Christian
Ostara (20th) Pagan
Palm Sunday (28th) Christian
Passover (30th - Apr 6th) Jewish
April
Good Friday (2nd) Christian
Easter (4th) Christian
Earth Day (22nd) American, civic holiday
May
Beltane (1st) Pagan
May Day (1st) Christian
Mother's Day (9th)
Shavuot (19th) Jewish
Memorial Day (31st) American, civic holiday
June
Father's Day (20th)
Summer Solstice (21st) Pagan
July
Independence Day (4th) American, civic holiday
August
Lammas (1st) Pagan
Ramadan (11th - Sep 10th) Islamic
September
Labor Day (6th) American, civic holiday
Rosh Hoshana (9th) Jewish
Yom Kippur (18th) Jewish
Mabon/Fall equinox (22nd) Pagan
Succot (23rd - 29th) Jewish
October
Samhain (31st) Pagan
November
All Saints' Day (1st) Christian
Veteran's Day (11th) American civic holiday
Eid ul-Adha (27th) Islamic
Thanksgiving (26th) American civic holiday
December
New Year's Day (7th) Islamic
Christmas (25th) Christian
Christmas Card Day (9th) Christian
Hanukkah (2nd - 9th) Jewish
Yule (21st) Pagan
Kwanzaa (26th - Jan 1st) American, civic holiday
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Humor
I wish there were a Religion of Laughter, and it was mandatory that we all lightened up about religion sometime. Maybe these would be some featured "preachers".....
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Books
The Varieties of Religious Experiences: A Study in Human Nature, by William JamesOctober 22, 2009
"...this is primarily a study of many case histories of very personal and profound experiences with God. They are mostly in the form of excerpts from autobiographies and memoirs, mainly Christian and contemporary (the book was published in 1903), but many also from other times and faiths. There is no addressing the pros and cons of organized religion here, or, for that matter, of questions like whether miracles really happen, etc.
This book is a microcosm, though. James touches on so many matters of religion and, indeed, life and philosophy overall that the book makes valuable reading for anyone interested in humans generally.
He talks, of necessity, quite a bit about the subconscious, which had just recently been "invented," showing that profound religious experiences comes from there, though that doesn't mean that they're not of divine origin: perhaps it's our subconscious self that connects to God.
James then analyzes these experiences from the pragmatic point of view of, Are these experiences healthy? What are their "fruits"?
But there are no ultimate "Answers" of the kind you find suggested in other works of philosophy or theology. Despite some heady speculation towards the end, James sticks to the facts, and never expects his audience to accept anything unproven....
--Cathy Sahu, Amazon customer reviewer
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