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Jack David Eller

Jack David Eller is a retired associate professor of anthropology at the Community College of Denver. He is the author of Cutural Anthropology: Global Forces Local Lives, Culture and Diversity in the United States, and Cruel Creeds: Virtuous Violence: Religious Violence Across Culture and History.

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Why Do We Pledge Allegiance?

Few democracies require children to make a daily declaration of fealty to country.

Jack David Eller

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