In which we think about how personal religious commitments and practices get mediated by the state, why and how millions of Muslims make pilgrimage to Mecca every year, why the Archdiocese of Philadelphia thinks Megan is still Catholic, and why tiny Ilyse tortured her siblings with rice during Pesach

Keywords: religious; hajj; hagiography

Storytime: Bell, Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice

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