Pagan Religions in Five Minutes - Suzanne Owen
2. Is Paganism a Religion?
Pagan Religions in Five Minutes - Suzanne Owen
Suzanne Owen [+]
Leeds Trinity University
Suzanne Owen is an associate professor in the study of religion at Leeds Trinity University in the United Kingdom researching British Druidry and Indigeneity in Newfoundland.
Description
Gaining official recognition as a religion in some case may provide some protection in law and defend it against spurious associations with child abuse. However, many Pagans do not what they do as a “religion”, in the common, mainly Protestant Christian understanding of the term. In the UK, charity registration is one means of gaining recognition as a “religion”, which the Druid Network achieved in 2010. Another success was the inclusion of Pagan as an option on the Scottish 2022 census.