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October 2012

October 03, 2012

What Does the Growth of Unitarian Universalism Mean?

There's a certain truism that's been adopted by commentators and analyzers of religion in the...

September 2012

September 25, 2012

More on Catholics, Pagans, and Propaganda

There's been some good conversation sparked by my post yesterday on the effects of anti-Pagan...

September 24, 2012

The Consequences of Anti-Pagan Propaganda

That there is a thread of hostility and distortion against modern Pagan faiths within Catholicism...

September 22, 2012

Happy Autumnal Equinox

Today is the Autumnal Equinox which signals the beginning of Fall in the northern hemisphere (our friends...

September 19, 2012

Study Finds ‘Substantial’ Discrimination of Pagans in the UK

A University of Derby-led research team has conducted a survey of religious groups, analyzed legal rulings...

September 11, 2012

Existing in a Changed World: Pagan Reflections on 9/11

Eleven years after the September 11th terror attacks on New York and Washington D.C. the tragedy still...

September 03, 2012

Pagans and Obamacare

[The following is a post from The Wild Hunt archives. The Wild Hunt is on hiatus through Labor Day...

August 2012

August 31, 2012

Unleash the Hounds! (Link Roundup)

There are lots of articles and essays of interest to modern Pagans out there, sometimes...

August 25, 2012

Guest Post: The New Alexandrian Library and Building Real Pagan Infrastructure

[The following is a guest post from Michael Smith. Michael Smith, Gwydion Stormcrow, has been practicing...

August 18, 2012

Guest Post: Humanist Paganism on the Rise?

[This is a guest post by Brendan Myers. Brendan Myers, Ph.D, is the author of...

August 16, 2012

Guest Post: Stalking the Goddess

[The following is a guest post from Mark Carter. Mark Carter lives, works, and writes in...

July 2012

July 25, 2012

I Have No Plans to Kidnap Your Man

The Epping Forest Guardian reports that someone has been stuffing leaflets in local homes accusing...

July 10, 2012

The Future of Pagan Gatherings: Virtual and Local?

This year Pagan Spirit Gathering (PSG), a Midwest Pagan festival that's been running for more...

July 02, 2012

The Pagan Community Reacts to SCOTUS Decision on the Affordable Care Act

Last week, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the constitutionality of the Obama...

June 2012

June 20, 2012

Happy Summer Solstice

"Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly"....

June 19, 2012

Pagan Interfaith, Pagan Ecumenicism, and Pagan Intrafaith

When we talk about Pagans and interfaith, there are many different layers to consider, and...

June 11, 2012

Who’s Reading Books on Wicca in the United Arab Emirates?

Witchcraft and sorcery are illegal in the United Arab Emirates, but unlike their neighbors in...

June 08, 2012

How Beliefnet Apologizes to Pagans

This past April I wrote a piece criticizing the religious portal site Beliefnet for a...

June 06, 2012

Ray Bradbury and The Halloween Tree

Famed fantasy and science fiction author Ray Bradbury died on Tuesday night at the age...

June 02, 2012

Pagans and Books (Yes, There’s a List Involved)

There's an old chestnut in our community that goes something like this: If Christians are...

May 2012

May 31, 2012

Yet Another Ex-Witch “Taken From the Night”

There must be something uniquely unsettling to certain factions of Christianity about the existence of...

May 30, 2012

Richard Land and “Full-Blown Paganism”

Richard Land is president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), an arm of the...

May 28, 2012

Honoring Our Pagan Fallen on Memorial Day

In America, today is Memorial Day, a federal holiday that recognizes those who have died in...

May 26, 2012

The Strange Idea that Religion Evolved Towards Christianity

I tend to ignore Camp Catholic here at Patheos, and I daresay most of them...

May 24, 2012

Pagans and Jesus

I'm in the process of reading two very different books about modern Pagans, and how...

May 09, 2012

Christianity and Marriage Equality

"Absorbing the blow from last night is hard. If a victory for marriage equality happens,...

May 06, 2012

Michael York: Being Upon the Brink of Catastrophe

[The following is a guest opinion piece from Michael York, author of "Pagan Theology: Paganism...

May 03, 2012

Guest Post: Hunt for Charity and Sound Arguments, Not Witches

[The following is a guest post from Paul Louis Metzger and John W. Morehead. Paul Louis Metzger, Ph.D....

May 02, 2012

International Pagan Coming Out Day

Today, May 2nd, is Pagan Coming Out Day. An even initiated "to achieve greater acceptance and...

April 2012

April 29, 2012

Peter Dybing Retires from Public Paganism

On Saturday, Peter Dybing, current president of Officers of Avalon, and former First Officer of the Covenant of...