Canceling a Saint
This issue of A Public Witness considers the act of removing a saint and what it might teach us about other religious symbols that have also been co-opted.
The 1970s Movement to Reclaim Pretzels for God
In 1974, Maureen McCauley gave a speech in which she argued that America needed a potent religious symbol, something to rally Christians to rediscover prayer and penance. Her suggestion: the pretzel.