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Witches on Facebook: Mediatization of Neo-Paganism

open access: yesSocial Media and Society, 2020
This article investigates the mediatization of neo-Paganism by analyzing how Estonian witches use Facebook groups and Messenger and how Facebook’s affordances shape the neo-Paganism practiced in those spaces. This is a small-scale exploratory study based
Berit Renser, Katrin Tiidenberg
exaly   +3 more sources

From The Wicker Man (1973) to Atlantean Kodex: Extreme music, alternative identities and the invention of paganism

open access: yesMetal Music Studies, 2020
The German epic heavy/doom metal band Atlantean Kodex has written two concept albums based on the folklore and paganism of old Europe and the West: The Golden Bough and The White Goddess.
Karl Spracklen
exaly   +2 more sources

Paganism

open access: yesCahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens
Abstract This chapter discusses contemporary Paganism in Ireland and documents the historical emergence of this new religious movement against the backdrop of historical romanticization of the Celtic world and Celtic spirituality. It examines the traditions of those who self-identify as Pagan today, including Druids and Witches, based on
Claire Masurel-Murray
doaj   +3 more sources

Paganism as a Political Problem: Levinas’s Understanding of Judaism in the 1930s

open access: yesReligions
In response to the rise of neopagan fascist political theologies in Europe in the 1930s, the young Emmanuel Levinas developed a novel conception of the theopolitical role of Judaism.
Michael Fagenblat
exaly   +3 more sources

Paganism and Counseling: The Development of a Clinical Resource

open access: yesOpen Theology, 2016
Sensitivity to religious diversity is an important part of multiculturally competent psychotherapy in the United States, but few resources exist for working with Pagan clients.
Kevin A. Harris   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Świat pełen bogów: pogaństwo czy politeizm? [PDF]

open access: yesStudia Antiquitatis et Medii Aevi Incohantis, 2022
(A World Full of Gods: Paganism or Polytheism?): Terminology is one of the more difficult issues facing academics investigating ancient religious imaginations.
Danuta Musiał
doaj   +1 more source

Julian’s Apostates: Conversion to Paganism in the Middle of the Fourth Century

open access: yesΣΧΟΛΗ. Ancient Philosophy and the Classical Tradition, 2023
The article delves into the issue of apostasy among the citizens of the Roman Empire during the brief reign of Julian. It provides an overview of the tactics employed by the emperor to convert his Christian subjects to paganism and evaluates their ...
Mikhail Vedeshkin
semanticscholar   +1 more source

(Techno)Paganism: An Exploration of Animistic Relations with the Digital

open access: yesReligions, 2023
The aim of this paper is to examine and illustrate how the animistic ontology present in neopaganism allows embodied and sensuous interactions with virtual worlds.
Victoria Marina Lima Dos Santos
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Pagan Religious Practices in Medieval Ethiopia: Development and Resistance of the Christian Kingdom (1434–1468)

open access: yesEntangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer, 2022
In the long religious history of Ethiopia, paganism has been widely practised since ancient times, as evidenced by the inscriptions of ʿEzānā and other archaeological objects.
Solomon Gebreyes Beyene
doaj   +1 more source

The old gods as a live possibility: on the rational feasibility of non-doxastic paganism

open access: yesReligious Studies: An International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion, 2022
Pagan revivalism is a growing trend in the contemporary religious landscape. Is it possible to be a neopagan without disregarding the demands of reason? While outright belief in the old gods seems out of the question, I argue that polytheism represents a
Carl-Johan Palmqvist
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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