Comments on: The WTC cross: a religious synecdoche? http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2011/08/04/the-wtc-cross-a-religious-synecdoche/ Secularism, religion, and the public sphere Thu, 16 May 2013 19:41:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: Amanda Kaplan http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2011/08/04/the-wtc-cross-a-religious-synecdoche/comment-page-1/#comment-52563 Amanda Kaplan Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:09:53 +0000 http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/?p=24944#comment-52563 Courtney Bender joins in on the conversation, pointing to John Stewart’s recent jab at the WTC cross and the implications therein:

Many have been content to recycle Jon Stewart’s cynical and snarky riff on the [American Atheists'] suit, which appeared at the end of a segment in which Stewart cited several examples of the “dividening” of America. But the wide circulation of this clip points to the fact that this and other stories brewing will certainly figure into next month’s observances–religious and otherwise–of the tenth anniversary of 9/11.

How we frame and sacralize those events as well as the new memorial/museum will say a lot about who we are, what unites us and what divides us as a nation.

Read the rest of Bender’s article and find a link to Stewart’s video at http://uscmediareligion.org/theScoop/433/

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