Barbara Jane Davy

Introduction to Pagan Studies

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A text on the academic study of contemporary wicca and paganism throughout the world.

Produktdetails

• Pagan Studies Series
• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 551g
• ISBN-13: 9780759108189
• ISBN-10: 0759108188
• Artikelnr.: 21788223

Autorenporträt

Barbara Jane Davy holds a Ph.D. in religion from Concordia University, Montreal. She has been engaged in the academic study of Paganism for ten years, and has written articles on Paganism, shamanism, and nature religion ritual studies, environmental ethics, and the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas in journals and encyclopedias. She currently serves as President of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada and has been an active member of the Nature Religion Scholars Network within the American Academy of Religion since 1997.

Inhaltsangabe

0 Introduction 1 Beliefs 2 Social Organization 3 Individual and Family
Practices 4 Group Practices 5 Myths and Historical Origins 6 Literary
Origins and Influences 7 Social and Charismatic Influences 8 Denominations
9 Ethics and Politics 10 Current Issues 11 Research in Pagan Studies 13
Glossary 14 Bibliography 15 Index