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April 2012

April 28, 2012

Two Kinds of Witchcraft? Resisting Cynicism, False Dilemmas, and Moral Panics.

For several years I've been asking the question of what do we do when the...

April 26, 2012

Should Fatal Encounters Fill in the Blanks on Witchcraft Slaying?

Through 2010, and into the beginning of 2011, I covered the case of Angela Sanford,...

April 25, 2012

Beliefnet News Conflates Paganism and Harry Potter with Witchcraft Killings

A good news blogger will often try to spot trends and underlying issues in the...

April 23, 2012

“No School is Being Told to Teach About Paganism” in Cornwall

Last week I deconstructed the Daily Mail’s sensationalist assertions regarding the teaching of Paganism in British...

April 22, 2012

A Happy (Pagan) Earth Day to You!

"No dogma taught by the present civilization seems to form so insuperable an obstacle in...

April 20, 2012

Rep. Mary Franson Fights the Green Dragon!

This Sunday is Earth Day. Originally spearheaded in 1970 by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson as a national“teach-in” on...

April 17, 2012

Updates: Teaching Paganism, Passive Distribution, Library Filtering, and Project Conversion

Here are some updates on stories The Wild Hunt has reported on previously. Teaching Paganism...

April 15, 2012

Teaching Paganism in British Schools?

Muck-raking (and hugely successful) British tabloid The Daily Mail reports on the Standing Advisory Council for...

April 11, 2012

Will Santa Muerte Spark a New Moral Panic?

Joseph Laycock, scholar and author of "Vampires Today: The Truth about Modern Vampirism," examines media coverage...

March 2012

March 31, 2012

Debunking the Cost of the Air Force Academy’s Falcon Circle (Again)

There's no rhetorical fruit that hangs lower than government waste, everyone hates it! $16 dollar...

March 23, 2012

What the New Pew Forum Survey Tells Us About Pagan Religions in U.S. Prisons

Yesterday the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life released the findings of a 50-state...

March 22, 2012

“Nones” and the Future of Religion in America

Since the 2010 elections, and some would argue since the election of Barack Obama in...

March 17, 2012

Saint Patrick, Druids, Snakes, and Popular Myths

Today is St. Patrick’s Day, a yearly holiday celebrating Ireland’s favorite patron saint. While it’s a big event...

March 16, 2012

Pagans and Indigenous Religions: “Nourishing the Balance of the Universe”

[The following is a guest post from Rachael Watcher, Public Information Officer at Covenant of...

March 12, 2012

A Quick Note on Prayer in Britain

This past Thursday the Washington Post reported on a story that's been causing no small...

March 09, 2012

Pagans and Hindus Together: One Billion Strong

In addition to the ongoing dialog over gender that has defined PantheaCon 2012 for many,...

March 02, 2012

Guest Post: Patrick McCollum in India

[The following story was sent to us by the Patrick McCollum Foundation. It brings us...

February 2012

February 25, 2012

Our “Pagan” President and our Pagan Democracy

Earlier this month, Professor Anouar Majid, author of "We Are All Moors: Ending Centuries of Crusades against...

February 18, 2012

Guest Post: The Pagan Worldview in a Post-Constantinian World

[Nicole Youngman is a sociologist at Loyola University in New Orleans. She's been Pagan over...

February 06, 2012

What Does The Daily Mail’s Internet Success Mean for Pagans?

British tabloid The Daily Mail's website has become the most-visited newspaper site in the world,...

January 2012

January 27, 2012

Quick Note: Open Source vs Closed Source Faiths

In a recent editorial for the Huffington Post Josh Schrei argues that the real difference...

January 26, 2012

Gay Marriage and Other “Pagan Behaviors”

On Wednesday, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich participated in a conference call to conservative Christian...

January 21, 2012

North Carolina Pagan Receives Death Threat After Challenging Bible Distribution

Last month, North Carolina Pagan Ginger Strivelli decided to challenge her child's school's policy regarding...

January 20, 2012

The Anxiety Over America’s Shifting Spirituality

A recent essay by Jay Michaelson at Religion Dispatches, and a post by fellow Patheos blogger...

January 12, 2012

Pagans and Minority Religions Under Hungary’s Authoritarian New Constitution

One thing that may escape casual observers of the modern Pagan movement is that we...

January 06, 2012

Air Force Academy Defends Pagan Circle

Ever since the Air Force Academy in Colorado unveiled the Cadet Chapel Falcon Circle, an outdoor...

January 02, 2012

Pagan Film Rising: Dark of Moon, Flamingos, and The Spirit of Albion

In my recent round-up of 2011's top stories there were many topics I wanted to...

December 2011

December 29, 2011

Will Libertarians Move from Barr to Johnson?

In 2008 the Libertarian Party nominated former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr as their candidate for President...

December 27, 2011

The Perspective of Religious Minorities

We in the West live in a world that is dominated and shaped by Christianity....

December 24, 2011

Unleash the (Holiday) Hounds! (Link Roundup)

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