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Pagan Family Values - Childhood and the Religious Imagination in Contemporary American Paganism (Paperback) Loot Price: R937
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Pagan Family Values - Childhood and the Religious Imagination in Contemporary American Paganism (Paperback): S. Zohreh Kermani

Pagan Family Values - Childhood and the Religious Imagination in Contemporary American Paganism (Paperback)

S. Zohreh Kermani

Series: New and Alternative Religions

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For most of its history, contemporary Paganism has been a religion of converts. Yet as it enters its fifth decade, it is incorporating growing numbers of second-generation Pagans for whom Paganism is a family tradition, not a religious worldview arrived at via a spiritual quest. In Pagan Family Values, S. Zohreh Kermani explores the ways in which North American Pagan families pass on their beliefs to their children, and how the effort to socialize children influences this new religious movement. The first ethnographic study of the everyday lives of contemporary Pagan families, this volume brings their experiences into conversation with contemporary issues in American religion. Through formal interviews with Pagan families, participant observation at various pagan events, and data collected via online surveys, Kermani traces the ways in which Pagan parents transmit their religious values to their children. Rather than seeking to pass along specific religious beliefs, Pagan parents tend to seek to instill values, such as religious tolerance and spiritual independence, that will remain with their children throughout their lives, regardless of these children's ultimate religious identifications. Pagan parents tend to construct an idealized, magical childhood for their children that mirrors their ideal childhoods. The socialization of children thus becomes a means by which adults construct and make meaningful their own identities as Pagans. Kermani's meticulous fieldwork and clear, engaging writing provide an illuminating look at parenting and religious expression in Pagan households and at how new religions pass on their beliefs to a new generation.

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Imprint: New York University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: New and Alternative Religions
Release date: July 2013
First published: 2013
Authors: S. Zohreh Kermani
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 978-1-4798-9460-4
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious life & practice > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Contemporary non-Christian & para-Christian cults & sects > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Contemporary non-Christian & para-Christian cults & sects > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious life & practice > General
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LSN: 1-4798-9460-5
Barcode: 9781479894604

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