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July 2013

July 01, 2013

Seeking the Mystery Book Giveaway; Kindle Sale

Seeking the Mystery: An Introduction to Pagan Theologies is on sale in the Kindle Store...

July 01, 2013

Hard Polytheism (Seeking the Mystery, Chp. 1 Excerpt)

Today (Monday, 7/1), Amazon.com will be offering the e-book edition of Seeking the Mystery: An...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Introductory Pagan Theology Book — $1 Kindle E-Book Sale, Plus Paperback Release!

Amazon.com will be offering the e-book edition of _Seeking the Mystery: An Introduction to Pagan...

May 2013

May 02, 2013

The argument from desire

The "argument from desire" is that we all have a "God-shaped hole" in consciousness, which...

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 12, 2013

Aspects of initiation

In my view, there are six separate aspects to initiation. There is the inner process...

April 10, 2013

Five questions about Paganism

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

March 2013

March 31, 2013

Deities and divinity

There are many different views of how deities relate to each other and to the...

March 27, 2013

Those who are not against us are with us

I have always felt it would be better to define Paganism and Pagan traditions on...

February 2013

February 08, 2013

Theology Is Hard; Let’s Go Shopping

As those of you who have been reading along know, I've spent the past three...

February 06, 2013

Realism and non-realism

There are several ways in which to construe the relationship of religious discourse to the...

January 2013

January 26, 2013

Eco-spirituality and theology

Eco-spirituality involves relating to your environment. It is a non-violent spirituality and spiritual activism. One...

January 11, 2013

Three Legs on the Pagan Cauldron, or Must Pagans Be Polytheists?

In 2013, I think the three legs of the contemporary Pagan cauldron are these: polytheism,...

January 10, 2013

Pagan sacred texts

A fluid and interactive relationship with sacred texts is an important feature of contemporary Pagan...

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...

January 01, 2013

What is theology?

What is Pagan theology? Theology is not only the theory of what deities are; it...

December 2012

December 23, 2012

Change

My favourite times of year are the transitional seasons of spring and autumn, when everything...

December 19, 2012

A gift for a gift: a Pagan ethic of reciprocity

The exchange of gifts is a way of establishing relationship. In gift economies, gifts are...

December 18, 2012

A Community of Scholars

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

December 17, 2012

A patchwork of ideas: introducing myself

I have been a Pagan since 1985, when I realised that there is no external...

December 14, 2012

Yvonne Aburrow Joins “Sermons”; Gender and Sexuality Article

Yvonne Aburrow joins Sermons from the Mound, plus a new academic article on gender and...

December 13, 2012

Human Flesh: Beginning a Pagan Theology

Most theologies begin with considering the nature of divinity, with the nature of humanity as...

December 07, 2012

Opening a Pagan Theological Dialogue

It’s time for Pagans to take their beliefs as seriously as they do their practices,...

December 03, 2012

Announcing Seeking the Mystery: An Introduction to Pagan Theologies

Contemporary Paganism focuses on practice, often neglecting theology. Yet belief and practice are intertwined. As...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

Introducing “Sermons from the Mound”

In the summer of 2011, I visited the Irish passage tombs at Knowth and Newgrange....