Sidney Isenberg Lecture Series featuring Bruce Feiler
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Author of "A Time to Gather: How Ritual Created the World—and How It Can Save Us" One of our great decoders of human connection chronicles the astonishing rise of new rituals around the world—and offers a road map for restoring togetherness with gatherings you’ll love . Since time immemorial, humans have turned to ritual to connect us in periods of change. Until today. Birth rituals and coming-of-age rituals have plummeted; fewer than half of Americans are married; only one in three is buried. “It took us ten thousand years to establish cultural norms around how we mark collective life transitions,” writes Bruce Feiler. “It took us fifty years to dismantle them.” Can this threat to society be reversed? To find out, Feiler went on a round-the-world ritual road trip, attending—and participating in—life rituals in sixteen countries on six continents. These spectacles, some rarely seen, incl
VENUE
Atlanta History CenterNEIGHBORHOODBuckhead
TYPEmuseum
ADDRESS130 W Paces Ferry Rd NW, Atlanta, GA 30305, USA
PARKINGavailable, deck
PRACTICAL
TIMES7 PM
AGEall-ages
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Sidney Isenberg Lecture Series featuring Bruce Feiler
Weekly series