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Pagan Studies is maturing and moving beyond the context of new
religious movements to situate itself in within of the study of
world religions. Introduction to Pagan Studies is the first and
only text designed to introduce the study of contemporary Paganism
as a world religion. It examines the intellectual, religious, and
social spheres of Paganism through common categories in the study
of religion, which includes beliefs, practices, theology, ritual,
history, and role of texts and scriptures. The text is accessible
to readers of all backgrounds and religions and assumes no prior
knowledge of Paganism. This text will also serve as a general
introduction to Pagan Studies for non-specialist scholars of
religion, as well as be of interest to scholars in the related
disciplines of Anthropology, Sociology and Cultural Studies, and to
students taking courses in Religious Studies, Pagan Studies, Nature
Religion, New Religious Movements, and Religion in America. The
book will also be useful to non-academic practitioners of Paganism
interested in current scholarship.
Pagan Studies is maturing and moving beyond the context of new
religious movements to situate itself in within of the study of
world religions. Introduction to Pagan Studies is the first and
only text designed to introduce the study of contemporary Paganism
as a world religion. It examines the intellectual, religious, and
social spheres of Paganism through common categories in the study
of religion, which includes beliefs, practices, theology, ritual,
history, and role of texts and scriptures. The text is accessible
to readers of all backgrounds and religions and assumes no prior
knowledge of Paganism. This text will also serve as a general
introduction to Pagan Studies for non-specialist scholars of
religion, as well as be of interest to scholars in the related
disciplines of Anthropology, Sociology and Cultural Studies, and to
students taking courses in Religious Studies, Pagan Studies, Nature
Religion, New Religious Movements, and Religion in America. The
book will also be useful to non-academic practitioners of Paganism
interested in current scholarship.
Contemporary Paganism emerged in Britain in the 1940s and 1950s as
a new religious movement, although practitioners understood
themselves to be participating in a witchcraft tradition extending
back into medieval-if not prehistoric-times. In recent decades,
Pagan Studies has emerged through a plethora of sophisticated
anthropological, sociological, and historical studies, and this new
three-volume collection from Routledge's Critical Concepts in
Religious Studies series brings together the best foundational and
cutting-edge scholarship in one 'mini library'. Volume I addresses
the emergence of Paganism as a religion. It collects scholarly
analyses of the historical evolution of Paganism, and is organized
under topics including debates of historical accuracy, influences
on the development of Paganism, and the process of routinization in
the religion. The second volume addresses the importance of
environmentalism in contemporary Paganism, including work on how
Pagans think about the natural world, environmental ethics, and
related political activism. The final volume addresses the
importance of gender issues and feminism in contemporary Paganism,
and collects the best research on topics including immanence,
embodiment, self-image, and sexuality. Paganism is fully indexed
and has a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor,
which places the collected material in its historical and
intellectual context. It is an essential work of reference and is
destined to be valued by scholars and students as a vital one-stop
research and pedagogic resource.
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