Pagan Religions in Five Minutes

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252 Seiten

2024
Equinox Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80050-525-4 (ISBN)

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Pagan Religions in Five Minutes provides an accessible set of essays on questions relating to Pagan identities and practices, both historically and in contemporary societies as well as informative essays on different Pagan groups, such as Druidry, Wicca, Heathenry and others. The book includes answers to a range of questions such as: How many Pagans are there? What do Pagans believe? Is Paganism a real religion or is it just made-up? Is Satanism a type of Paganism? Do all Pagans celebrate the solstices? Why is it written "Pagan" and other times "pagan"? Do they have sacred texts? Is Druidry the indigenous religion of Europe? What does the pentagram symbol mean? Can anyone be a witch? Are Pagans anti-Christian? The book also covers issues with terminology, including the labelling of ancient, non-Western and indigenous groups as 'pagan', common assumptions and misconceptions about Pagans, and more. Each essay is by a leading scholar in the field, offering clear and concise answers along with suggestions for further reading. The book is ideal for both the curious and as an entry book for classroom use and studying Paganism. Because each chapter can be read in about five minutes, the books offer ideal supplementary resources in classrooms or an engaging read for those curious about the world around them.

Suzanne Owen is an associate professor in the study of religion at Leeds Trinity University in the United Kingdom researching British Druidry and Indigeneity in Newfoundland. Angela Puca, PhD (2021), is an independent religious studies scholar and university lecturer. She is bridging the gap between academia and the general public with her social media project Angela’s Symposium, where she disseminates peer-reviewed research to a wide audience engagingly. She’s the author of the forthcoming Italian Witchcraft and Shamanism, to be published by Brill, and coeditor of Pagan Religions in Five Minutes for Equinox Publishing Ltd.

Foreword

Ronald
Hutton, University of Bristol

Preface

Suzanne
Owen and Angela Puca

Paganism

1.
What is Paganism? Angela
Puca

2.
Is Paganism a religion? Suzanne
Owen

3.
What is the difference between Pagan, pagan, Paganism and
neo-Paganism? Graham
Harvey, The Open University

4.
How did modern Paganism begin? Sabina
Magliocco, University of British Columbia

5.
What is the relationship between ancient and contemporary Paganism?
Caroline
Tully, University of Melbourne

6.
How many Pagans are there? Vivianne
Crowley, Nottingham Trent University

7.
Are most Pagans solitary practitioners? Helen
A. Berger, Brandeis University

8.
What is a Pagan worldview? Graham
Harvey

9.
Is there anything common to all Pagan Religions? Jennifer
Uzzell, Pagan Federation

10.
Is Paganism a nature religion? Ethan
Doyle White

11.
How do Pagans view nature and the environment? Chas
S. Clifton

12.
Do Pagans have sacred sites? Ethan
Doyle White

13.
Do all Pagans follow the same festivals? Doug
Ezzy, University of Tasmania

14.
Do Pagans have a holy book like the Bible? Denise
Cush, Bath Spa University

15.
What is the relationship between Theosophy and Paganism? Yves
Muehlematter, University of Zurich

Pagan
religions

16.
Can a Pagan follow more than one path or tradition? Caroline
Tully

17.
What is the difference between hard and soft polytheism? Jefferson
Calico
18. What is the difference between an eclectic and a traditional
Pagan or witch? Angela
Puca

19.
Are all witches Pagan? Mary
Hamner, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

20.
Can anyone be called a “witch”? Francesca
Po

21.
What is the difference between Wicca and witchcraft? Mary
Hamner

22.
What is Heathenry? Jefferson
Calico

23.
What is the difference between Druidism and Druidry? Jennifer
Uzzell

24.
Is Druidry the indigenous religion of Europe? Suzanne
Owen

25.
What are Techno Pagans? Chris
Miller, University of Ottawa

26.
What was ancient Slavic “paganism”? Giuseppe
Maiello, University of Finance and Administration, Prague

27.
What is Romuva in Lithuania? Milda
Ališauskienė, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas

28.
Is Romuva an official religion in Lithuania? Rasa
Pranskevičiūtė-Amoson, Vilnius University

29.
How has Paganism developed in Brazil? Karina
Oliveira Bezerra

Pagan
beliefs and practices

30.
How do Pagans conceive of gods? Vivianne
Crowley

31.
Is there salvation in paganism? Michael
York, Bath Spa University

32.
Can a person have Pagan beliefs without being Pagan? Alessandro
Testa, Charles University, Prague

33.
Are some Pagans atheist? Sarah
Best

34.
Do Pagans worship ancestors? Jennifer
Uzzell

35.
What are pagan ethics? Michael
York

36.
How do Pagans interact with deities and spirits? Jenny
Butler, University College Cork

37.
What does a Pagan minister do? Holli
Emore, Cherry Hill Seminary

38.
What does the pentacle symbol mean to Pagans? Angela
Puca

39.
Do Pagans believe in reincarnation or life after death? Jennifer
Uzzell

40.
Do Pagans practise ritual sex? Angela
Puca

41.
Are Astrology and Tarot part of Paganism? Francesca
Po

42.
How do Pagans view magic? Karina
Oliveira Bezerra

43.
Is there a difference between magic and magick? Caroline
Tully

44.
What is chaos magic? Isis
Mrugalla, University of Tübingen

45.
Do Pagans use the Internet for their religion? Franz
Winter, University of Graz

46.
Is Christmas a pagan festival? Alessandro
Testa

47.
Is Carnival a pagan festival? Alessandro
Testa

48.
Are Halloween and Easter pagan festivals? Jenny
Butler

Pagan
discussions

49.
Do Pagans practise sacrifice? Jefferson
Calico

50.
Are Satanism and Paganism the same? Ethan
Doyle White

51.
What explains the enduring bias against Pagans? Franz
Winter

52.
Is there antipathy between Pagans and Christians? Denise
Cush

53.
Can a Christian also be a Pagan? Rhiannon
Grant, Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre

54.
Can Paganism be applied to non-European religions, such as Shinto?
Doug
Ezzy

55.
Can witchdoctors and Africana spiritual traditions be regarded as
Pagan? Mary
Hearns-Ayodele

56.
How much of Paganism is based on cultural appropriation? Sabina
Magliocco

57.
Do Pagans have particular political views? Ethan
Doyle White

58.
Is there a problem with fascism in contemporary Paganism? Amy
Hale

59.
Were Pagans involved in the war in Ukraine? Giuseppe
Maiello

60.
Why do some polytheists reject the term Pagan? Angelo
Nasios

61.
Is Paganism empowering to women and LGBTQI+? Giovanna
Parmigiani, Harvard Divinity School

62.
Is Paganism queer? [M]
Dudeck

63.
Why is witchcraft popular among teenagers? Denise
Cush

64.
Do Pagans avoid technology? Chris
Miller
65. What is WitchTok? Mary
Hamner

66.
How do Pagans use fiction and film? Carole
Cusack, University of Sydney

67.
Is Paganism make-believe? [M]
Dudeck Studying
and teaching Pagan religions

68.
How do scholars study Paganism? Chris
Miller

69.
Should Pagan religions be taught in schools? Denise
Cush

70.
Are contemporary Pagan religions indicative of a new form of
religiosity? Denise
Cush

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.2024
Reihe/Serie	Religion in 5 Minutes
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	263 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
ISBN-10	1-80050-525-6 / 1800505256
ISBN-13	978-1-80050-525-4 / 9781800505254
Zustand	Neuware