In John They Trust
South Pacific villagers worship a mysterious American they call John Frum - believing he'll one day shower their remote island with riches
February 2006 |
By Paul Raffaele
Medical Sleuth
To prosecutors, it was child abuse - an Amish baby covered in bruises, but Dr. D. Holmes Morton had other ideas
February 2006 |
By Tom Shachtman
Lucky Man
A stroke of astonishing good fortune that even the author's skeptical father might embrace
June 2005 |
By Denis Collins
Sacred and Profaned
Misguided restorations of the exquisite Buddhist shrines of Pagan in Burma may do more harm than good
December 2002 |
By Richard Covington
In Good Spirits
Lily dale, New York, is a curious little village where the still-quick commune with the once-quick
June 01, 2001 |
By Bil Gilbert
Preacher on the Go
Tiny Smith Island has three churches but only one pastor, who gets around by boat and Golf Cart
May 01, 2001 |
By T. Edward Nickens
Living a Tradition
At a handful of sites scattered across New England, Shaker communities transport the past into the present
April 2001 |
By Richard & Joyce Wolkomir
I Was a Teenage Shaker
In Sprigg's 25-year career as a scholar of American Shaker culture, she has written ten books, organized a major exhibition on Shaker design and served as curator of collections at the Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
April 2001 |
By Smithsonian magazine
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