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I'm a religion studies professor researching Disney and I'm here to tell you why to stop pathologizing Disney adults, trending again because of this post. A thread: 
Disney Fairytale Weddings have been a thing since the 1990s. Disney already had a huge honeymoon market and decided to go for weddings. Thousands if not millions have married or honeymooned at a Disney park or on a cruise. What does this have to do with religion?
Many of the Disney fans I have observed in person and online find immense meaning in the parks. People don't just marry at Disney. They mourn lost relatives at Disney. They go to Disney to celebrate surviving cancer. They go there for one last trip before they die.
Chiropractics is an excellent case study to think through what @Ghost_Image_, and others, have described as the modern politics of distinguishing between science / religion / superstition. Embedded in each category is a set of value judgments. (1/7) #acrel #amrel
As Holly Folk explores in "The Religion of Chiropractic," founder DD Palmer was a spiritualist and himself described chiropractic as a religion. Skeptics even then called it a superstition. His son, BJ Palmer, sought to make chiropractic more respectable, to some extent. (2/7)
Most chiropractors today insist that it is a science. Medical doctors usually agree that it can be an effective treatment for lower back pain, but demur on if it can help neck pain or even knee pain. The latter is what I am seeing a chiropractor for rn! (3/7)
Since so many of us are working on syllabi--or not working on them to enjoy the final weeks of the summer--let me share a few links that help me plan my classes (and procrastinate a little while longer on my own)....
1. For Course Schedule making, I use @wcaleb's Syllabus Maker @RiceCTE which Auto generates a calendar for you: wcaleb.rice.edu/syllabusmaker/
2. For questions of "how much reading/writing do I assign?" I use the award-winning, research-based Course Workload Estimator made by Elizabeth Barre & @JustinEsarey also found at @RiceCTE cte.rice.edu/workload
