TY - BOOK AU - Pizza,Murphy TI - Paganistan: contemporary Pagan community in Minnesota's Twin Cities T2 - Ashgate new religions SN - 9781409442844 AV - BL432 .P599 2014eb U1 - 299.9409776579 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Surrey, England, Burlington, Vermont PB - Ashgate KW - Paganism KW - Minnesota KW - Minneapolis Metropolitan Area KW - Paganisme KW - Minneapolis, Agglomération de KW - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT KW - Spirituality KW - Paganism & Neo-Paganism KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION KW - Comparative Religion KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Welcome to Paganistan; 1 A Pilgrim in Paganistan: Position and Politics; 2 The Emergence of Paganistan: History and Lore; 3 Fire, Ice and Wild Rice: Paganistan's Innovations and Reconstructions; 4 Repelling Vampires and Pink Fluffy Bunnies; 5 Minnehaha Faeries, Mississippi Mermaids and Meddling Elders; 6 Welcome to Paganistan 2009; Afterword: After Exile and Return: Paganistan 2013; Bibliography; Index N2 - Paganistan - a moniker adapted by the Twin Cities Contemporary Pagan community - is the title of a history and ethnography of a regionally unique, urban, and vibrant community in Minnesota. As the first ever study of this long-lived community, this book sets out to document Paganistan as another aspect of the increasing prevalence of Paganism in the US and contributes to the discussion of the formation of new American religious communities UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=679919 ER -