Halloween and the Reformation pt. 2

CITC season four opens with Reformation specials through October. Here is the second installment of these specials, “Halloween and the Reformation pt. 2.” In this episode, we cover the movements of Reform in relation to the Saints, the Modern Era and Halloween traditions, Movements around Halloween, and then we will conclude with positions and my conclusions. Enjoy!

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Resources referenced in this episode (in order that they are referenced):

M. A. Harder, R. F. Regtuit, and G. C. Wakker, Gods and Religion in Hellenistic Poetry, 131-162.

Antonaccio, Carla M. “Contesting the Past: Hero Cult, Tomb Cult, and Epic in Early Greece.” American Journal of Archaeology 98, no. 3 (1994): 389–410. https://doi.org/10.2307/506436

Joel Green and Lee Martin McDonald, eds., The World of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2013), p. 109-111

Bartlett, Robert. Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things?: Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation. Princeton University Press, 2013, 609.

Augustine, The City of God, 22:10

Delehaye, The Legends of the Saints, p. 156

Jerome, Against Vigilantius, 23:340.

Heming, Carol Piper. Protestants and the Cult of the Saints: In German-Speaking Europe, 1517–1531. Vol. 65. Penn State University Press, 2003, 4.

https://www.christianity.com/wiki/christian-terms/what-is-the-difference-between-veneration-and-worship.html

James P. “Holy Time and Sacred Space in Puritan New England.” American Quarterly 32, no. 1 (1980): 79–95. https://doi.org/10.2307/2712497.

Santino, Jack. “Halloween in America: Contemporary Customs and Performances.” Western Folklore 42, no. 1 (1983): 1–20. https://doi.org/10.2307/1499461.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/the-twisted-transatlantic-tale-of-american-jack-o-lanterns

https://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/media/articles/truth-about-halloween/

https://www.history.com/news/halloween-trick-or-treating-origins#

https://www.britannica.com/topic/modern-Paganism

https://cosmicdrifters.com/samhain-festival-how-to-celebrate-this-pagan-tradition/#:~:text=Most%20Wiccans%20create%20a%20specific,such%20as%20bones%20or%20ashes.

https://www.gaia.com/article/modern-paganism-13-rituals-celebrate-samhain

https://www.learnreligions.com/is-halloween-satanic-95881

https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/seasons-and-feast-days/all-saints-20377

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