Pagan studies is the multidisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of modern paganism, a broad assortment of modern religious movements, which are typically influenced by or claiming to be derived from the various pagan beliefs of premodern Europe.[1][2] Pagan studies embrace a variety of different scholarly approaches to studying such religions, drawing from history, sociology, anthropology, archaeology, folkloristics, theology and other religious studies.
Paganstudies is the multidisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of modern paganism, a broad assortment of modern religious movements, which...
structure. A second, less common definition found within paganstudies—promoted by the religious studies scholars Michael F. Strmiska and Graham Harvey—characterises...
than Judaism. In the time of the Roman Empire, individuals fell into the pagan class either because they were increasingly rural and provincial relative...
those that try to reconstruct old ethnic religions, and followers of the pagan religion or Wicca. Pre-World War II neopagan or proto-neopagan groups, growing...
(1999), the last of which would come to be praised as a seminal text in Paganstudies. Subsequent work include Shamans (2001), covering Siberian shamanism...
contemporary Pagan witchcraft. It is used within the Pagan community under competing definitions. One refers to the entirety of the Pagan Witchcraft movement...
Pagan Theology: Paganism as a World Religion is a taxonomical study of various world religions which argues for a new definition of the word "paganism"...
Wicca (English: /ˈwɪkə/), also known as "The Craft", is a modern pagan, syncretic, earth-centered religion. Considered a new religious movement by scholars...
previously published a study of ancient pre-Christian religion, The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles (1991) as well as studies of British folk customs...
as follows: The pre-Christian pagans had a harmonious relationship to their deities. The rites and rituals of those pagans were an essential part of the...
witchcraft, sometimes referred to as The Craft, is an umbrella term for some neo-pagan traditions that include the practice of magic (also spelled 'magick'). These...
commonly known as Rodnovery and sometimes as Slavic Neopaganism, is a modern Pagan religion. Classified as a new religious movement, its practitioners hearken...
to correct through building links with scholars operating in Paganstudies and the study of new religious movements. On the basis that "English culture...
Modern pagan (also known as Neopagan) views on LGBT people vary considerably among different paths, sects, and belief systems. There are some popular...
the blending of separate pagan traditions. In the book Handbook of New Age, Melissa Harrington states that "Eclectic Pagans do not follow any particular...
Stregheria (Italian pronunciation: [streɡeˈriːa]) is a neo-pagan tradition similar to Wicca, with Italian and Italian American origins. While most practitioners...
Crowley's Thelemic Cult". The Pomegranate: The International Journal of PaganStudies. 13 (2): 163–83. doi:10.1558/pome.v13i2.163. ISSN 1528-0268. Moore,...
The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy is a book of religious history and archaeology written by the English historian...
PaganStudies, pp. 156, 163, 233. Rowman Altamira, 2007 Adler, Margot: Drawing down the moon: witches, Druids, goddess-worshipers, and other pagans in...
The Kingdom of Pagan (Burmese: ပုဂံခေတ်, pronounced [bəɡàɰ̃ kʰɪʔ], lit. 'Pagan Period'; also known as the Pagan dynasty and the Pagan Empire; also the...
"Recent Developments in the Study of the Great European Witch Hunt". The Pomegranate: The International Journal of PaganStudies. Vol. 5. Gouges, Linnea de...
Religious Studies, a postgraduate named Joanne Pearson and two professors, Richard H. Roberts and Geoffrey Samuel. In his study of Wicca, the Paganstudies scholar...
her final years she served as patron of the Sussex-based Centre for PaganStudies prior to her death from pancreatic cancer. Valiente's magical artefacts...
Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire began during the reign of Constantine the Great (r. 306–337) in the military colony of Aelia Capitolina...
Neo-Paganism in America is a folkloric and anthropological study of the Wiccan and wider Pagan community in the United States. It was written by the American...
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