Spontaneous Shrines

RAD RELIGION

Oct 11, 2012Religion & Spirituality

Image credits: Princess Diana; Colombia; September 11; Aurora. Just a brief post this week, nodding towards an interesting new mourning ritual that has emerged in the West over the last twenty years or so. We’ve al...

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