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September 2014

September 18, 2014

Gardnerians, Sacred Lands, Climate Marches, and Other News of Note

What's on my mind and on my reading list this month? Sacred Lands; British-Wicca.com; Sex,...

December 2013

December 02, 2013

Petition to Capitalize “Pagan” – Chicago Manual / AP Stylebook Letter

In order to assure greater accuracy in 21st century journalism, 49 scholars and authors petition...

September 2013

September 23, 2013

Pagan sacraments

A rite of passage is a ritual designed to make sacred a particular life event...

August 2013

August 27, 2013

Pagan Theology: Recommended Resources

Looking for resources that explore the theoretical and theological bases for contemporary Pagan practice? Look...

July 2013

July 08, 2013

Pathways in Modern Western Magic (Review)

Pathways in Modern Western Magic has the most to offer to a reader who is...

May 2013

May 20, 2013

Pagans and Academic Publishing

Academic books cost a lot of money and can be hard to get. Why is...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

News and Notes – Pagan Theology and Scholarship

Sacred Lands conference, summer Contemporary Global Paganisms course at Cherry Hill Seminary, and crowdsourcing Pagan...

April 18, 2013

Fundamentalism

What is fundamentalism? Is it all bad? Can the term 'fundamentalist' be applied to Pagans?

April 17, 2013

Interview with Christine Hoff Kraemer on Albion Calling

I was honored this week by an interview by Dr. Ethan Doyle White for his...

April 10, 2013

Five questions about Paganism

(1) How is paganism different? (2) What is the significance of its difference? (3) What...

February 2013

February 21, 2013

Pagan Intrafaith: A Patheos Pagan Panel

If Paganism is going to survive as a diverse movement, we need to improve communication...

January 2013

January 22, 2013

Dual-faith practice (part 4 of 4)

Much of the criticism of dual-faith practice seems to revolve around the issue of authority,...

January 20, 2013

Dual-faith practice (part 3 of 4)

The issue of membership and identity is important in any discussion of a dual or...

January 18, 2013

Dual-faith practice (part 2 of 4)

'Subjective-life' spirituality is often characterised as a pick-and-mix approach, whereas practitioners of dual faith appear...

January 16, 2013

Dual-faith practice (part 1 of 4)

An increasing number of people are beginning to identify themselves as belonging to more than...

January 08, 2013

Links: Pagan Systematic Theology, Sacred Lands Conference, Pagans vs. Gnostics

Links and news: Pagan systematic theology by Sam Webster, Cherry Hill Seminary Sacred Lands conference,...

January 03, 2013

Theology Is Not Religious Studies

Theology can and should involve logic. Ultimately, however, logic is only a means: theology is...

December 2012

December 30, 2012

Interviews of Pagan Studies Scholars; Animism and Radical Individualism

Commentary on an interview with Pagan scholar and editor Chas Clifton; in a Scarlet Imprint...

December 18, 2012

A Community of Scholars

There’s a myth that scholars work alone, but in reality, the best scholarship is collaborative.