{"product_id":"between-the-worlds-readings-in-contemporary-neopaganism-9781551303147","title":"Between the Worlds: Readings in Contemporary","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNeopaganism is the fastest growing new religion in the West. \u003cem\u003eBetween the World: Readings in Contemporary Neopaganism\u003c\/em\u003e provides an engaging and well-rounded introduction to this often misunderstood spiritual tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis provocative new volume breaks away from the negative doomsday cult focus of existing books on new religious movements and provides a clear focus on feminist spirituality, women and religion, and goddess worship. It offers a spiritual context for paganism and introduces the \"\"language\"\" of paganism and earth religions. This book examines contemporary paganism — not just the \"\"streams\"\" from the 1970s and 1980s, but also the increasingly important \"\"streams\"\" of Druidry and Heathenry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the first time ever, this book unites essential readings by leading academics and well-known practitioners from all over the world, including Canada. It features the work of Starhawk, Ronald Hutton, Michael York, Graham Harvey, Helen A. Berger, and Wendy Griffith, alongside contemporary Canadian scholars including Lucie Marie-Mai DuFresne, Lori G. Beaman, and Barbara Jane Davy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a very important anthology to publish. No other anthology addresses Canadian Paganism to this extent. This volume certainly reflects the need to address the growing popularity of Paganism as a new religious movement in Canada.\"\" - Chris Klassen, Wilfrid Laurier University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I: The Voices That Inspired\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1: Charge of the Goddess - Doreen Valiente\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2: Sacred Narratives - Starhawk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3: I Am a Pagan - Selena Fox\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4: A Religion without Converts - Margot Adler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5: Why Women Need the Goddess: Phenomenological, Psychological, and Political Reflections - Carol P. Christ\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II: Introduction to Nature or Earth Religions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6: We Cast Our Circles Where the Earth Mother Meets the Sky Father - Sarah Pike\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7: Definitions and Expressions of Nature Religion in Shamanic Traditions and Contemporary Paganism - Barbara Jane Davy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8: Paganism as a World Religion - Michael York\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III: Contemporary Neopaganism and Witchcraft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9: Druidry - Graham Harvey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10: To the Tribe Let There Be Children Born - Helen A. Berger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 11: Wicked Witches of the West: Exploring Court Treatments of Wicca as a Religion - Lori G. Beaman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 12: In Defence of Magic: Philosophical and Theological Rationalization - Tanya Luhrmann\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 13: Witch Wars: Factors Contributing to Conflict in Canadian Witchcraft Communities - Sian Ried\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 14: Constructing Identity and Divinity: Creating Community in an Elder Religion within a Postmodern World - Jenny Blain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 15: Weaving a Tangled Web? Pagan Ethics and Issues of History, \"\"Race,\"\" and Ethnicity in Pagan Identity - Ann-Marie Gallagher\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart IV: Feminist Spirituality and Goddess Worship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 16: Mother and Goddess: The Ideological Force of Symbols - Lucie Marie-Mai DuFresne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 17: The Embodied Goddess: Feminist Witchcraft and Female Divinity - Wendy Griffin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 18: Finding a Goddess - Ronald Hutton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 19: The Roots of Feminist Spirituality - Cynthia Eller\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 20: The Colonial Mythology of Feminist Witchcraft - Chris Klassen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Canadian Scholars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50075534688599,"sku":"9781551303147","price":44.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781551303147.jpg?v=1740634962","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/between-the-worlds-readings-in-contemporary-neopaganism-9781551303147","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}