Handbook of contemporary paganism / edited by Murphy Pizza and James R. Lewis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pizza, Murphy.

Lewis, James R.

Series:

Brill handbooks on contemporary religion ; v. 2.

Brill handbooks on contemporary religion, 1874-6691 ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neopaganism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (660 p.)

Other Title:

Contemporary paganism

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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:

Preliminary Material / M. Pizza and J.R. Lewis

Introduction / M. Pizza and J.R. Lewis

The modern magical revival / Nevill Drury

The influence of Aleister Crowley on Gerald Gardner and the early witchcraft movement / Henrik Bogdan

Earth Day and afterwards: American paganism’s appropriation of ‘nature religion’ / Chas S. Clifton

Re-enchanting the world: A weberian analysis of wiccan charisma / Robert Puckett

Contemporary paganism by the numbers / Helen A. Berger

“A religion without converts” revisited: Individuals, identity and community in contemporary paganism / Síân Reid

The wild hunt: A mythological language of magic / Susan Greenwood

Reclamation, appropriation and the ecstatic imagination in modern pagan ritual / Sabina Magliocco

Alchemical rhythms: Fire circle culture and the pagan festival / J. Lawton Winslade

Pagan theology / Michael York

Drawing down the goddess: The ancient {female} deities of modern paganism / Marguerite Johnson

The return of the goddess: Mythology, witchcraft and feminist spirituality / Carole M. Cusack

Witches’ initiation—A feminist cultural therapeutic? / Jone Salomonsen

Animist paganism / Graham Harvey

Heathenry / Jenny Blain and Robert J. Wallis

New/old spiritualities in the West: Neo-shamans and neo-shamanism / Dawne Sanson

Australian paganisms / Douglas Ezzy

Celts, druids and the invention of tradition / James R. Lewis

Magical children and meddling elders: Paradoxical patterns in contemporary pagan cultural transmission / Murphy Pizza

Of teens and tomes: The dynamics of teenage witchcraft and teen witch literature / Hannah E. Johnston

Rooted in the occult revival: Neo-paganism’s evolving relationship with popular media / Peg Aloi

Weaving a tangled web? Pagan ethics and issues of history, ‘race’ and ethnicity in pagan identity / Ann-Marie Gallagher

‘Sacred’ sites, artefacts and museum collections: Pagan engagements with archaeology in Britain / Robert J. Wallis and Jenny Blain

Wolf age pagans / Mattias Gardell

Contributors / M. Pizza and J.R. Lewis

Index / M. Pizza and J.R. Lewis.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-39785-0

9786612397851

90-474-4235-0

OCLC:

562587177

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004163737.i-650 DOI