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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.
Contents
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
