Handbook of Contemporary PaganismMurphy Pizza, James R. Lewis Contemporary Paganism is a movement that is still young and establishing its identity and place on the global religious landscape. The members of the movement are simultaneously growing, unifying, and maintaining its characteristic diversity of traditions, identities, and rituals. The modern Pagan movement has had a restless formation period but has also been the catalyst for some of the most innovative religious expressions, praxis, theologies, and communities. As Contemporary Paganism continues to grow and mature, new angles of inquiry about it have emerged and are explored in this collection. This examination and study of contemporary Paganism contributes new ways to observe and examine other religions, where innovations, paradoxes, and inconsistencies can be more accurately documented and explained. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
HISTORICAL APPROACHES | 11 |
The Modern Magical Revival Nevill Drury | 13 |
The Influence of Aleister Crowley on Gerald Gardner and the Early Witchcraft Movement Henrik Bogdan | 81 |
American Paganisms Appropriation of Nature Religion Chas S Clifton | 109 |
SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHES | 119 |
A Weberian Analysis of Wiccan Charisma Robert Puckett | 121 |
Contemporary Paganism by the Numbers Helen A Berger | 153 |
VARIETIES OF PAGANISM | 391 |
Animist Paganism Graham Harvey | 393 |
Heathenry Jenny Blain and Robert J Wallis | 413 |
NeoShamans and NeoShamanism Dawne Sanson | 433 |
Australian Paganisms Douglas Ezzy | 463 |
Celts Druids and the Invention of Tradition James R Lewis | 479 |
FAMILY YOUTH AND POPULAR CULTURE | 495 |
Paradoxical Patterns in Contemporary Pagan Cultural Transmission Murphy Pizza | 497 |
Individuals Identity and Community in Contemporary Paganism Síân Reid | 171 |
MAGIC AND RITUAL | 193 |
A Mythological Language of Magic Susan Greenwood | 195 |
Reclamation Appropriation and the Ecstatic Imagination in Modern Pagan Ritual Sabina Magliocco | 223 |
Fire Circle Culture and the Pagan Festival J Lawton Winslade | 241 |
PAGAN THEOLOGY AND THE GODDESS | 281 |
Pagan Theology Michael York | 283 |
The Ancient Female Deities of Modern Paganism Marguerite Johnson | 311 |
Mythology Witchcraft and Feminist Spirituality Carole M Cusack | 335 |
Witches InitiationA Feminist Cultural Therapeutic? Jone Salomonsen | 363 |
The Dynamics of Teenage Witchcraft and Teen Witch Literature Hannah E Johnston | 509 |
NeoPaganisms Evolving Relationship with Popular Media Peg Aloi | 539 |
RACIALETHNIC ISSUES | 575 |
Weaving a Tangled Web? Pagan Ethics and Issues of History Race and Ethnicity in Pagan Identity AnnMarie Gallagher | 577 |
Pagan Engagements with Archaeology in Britain Robert J Wallis and Jenny Blain | 591 |
Wolf Age Pagans Mattias Gardell | 611 |
Contributors | 627 |
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