Praying Bunny

Easter is an inherently religious holiday, however, it has become increasingly celebrated in secular ways in America. In America (whether known to most or not) Protestant tradition and morality organize society to its core. The Americanization and in turn the secularization of religious holidays and traditions can be seen during many holidays; Easter being one of the main ones. Bunnies, chocolate, and jellybeans have nothing to do with the religious Easter. The legend of the Easter bunny has no connection to the resurrection of Jesus, which is what the religious holiday is

 

celebrating. Yet objects like this praying bunny are produced and marketed during the Easter season.

            This bunny causes me to ask many questions such as: Is this bunny an attempt to make the secular Easter bunny religious? Is it sold at a Christian bookstore? If it is sold in mainstream stores such as Hallmark is the object secular or religious? This bunny is an anomaly to me. It is a strange mix of secular and religious.

            I am not sure exactly where this bunny was bought. I am assuming it was put in an Easter basket for me from my childhood. I assume it is from a mainstream store because my family never shopped at a Christian bookstore. I also assume it was bought for me because it is cute, not because it perpetuates a religious message. Object like these are secular objects but try to create a religious message or connection.