TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rountree,Kathryn
TI  - Crafting contemporary pagan identities in a Catholic society
T2  - Vitality of indigenous religions
SN  - 0754697916
AV  - BP605.N46 R68 2010
U1  - 305.6/9994094585 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Farnham, England, Burlington, VT
PB  - Ashgate Pub.
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - Relations
KW  - Neopaganism
KW  - fast
KW  - Malta
KW  - Néopaganisme
KW  - Malte
KW  - Église catholique
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Discrimination & Race Relations
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Minority Studies
KW  - Interfaith relations
KW  - Religion
KW  - Neuheidentum
KW  - gnd
KW  - Aberglaube
KW  - Magie
KW  - Kultstätte
KW  - Religious life and customs
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Malta: Places mentioned in the text; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Going Between the Worlds; 1 Background; 2 Merry Meet: Creating and Performing Pagan Identities; 3 The Circle is Open but Unbroken: The Personal and Cultural Contexts of Paganism; 4 The Wheel Turns; 5 Synergies and Tensions between the Worlds; 6 Living a Magical Life; 7 The Temples; 8 She Changes Everything She Touches; Bibliography; Index
N2  - Contemporary western Paganism is now a global religious phenomenon with Pagans in many parts of the world sharing much in common - from a nature-revering worldview and lifestyle to a host of chants, invocations, ritual tools and magical practices. But there are also locally-specific differences. Local religious contexts, landscapes, histories, traditions, politics, values and norms all impact on local Paganisms. This is nowhere more evident than in a strongly Catholic society, where religion and culture are deeply entwined. Taking the Mediterranean society of Malta as a case study, this book i
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