Pagan Religions in Five Minutes - Suzanne Owen
70. Are Contemporary Pagan Religions Indicative of a New Form of Religiosity?
Pagan Religions in Five Minutes - Suzanne Owen
Denise Cush [+]
Bath Spa University
Denise Cush is professor emerita in religion and education at Bath Spa University. She has published on Buddhist, Hindu, Christian, and Pagan traditions as well as pluralist religious education. From childhood, she has loved books about witches or magic and myths and legends from all traditions.
Description
Contemporary Pagan religions have emerged as a new form of religiosity since the 1960s. They strongly emphasise personal experience and incorporate a diverse mix of traditional and modern elements. Pagans value nature, ritual, myth and creativity, often aligning with feminist and LGBTQI+ perspectives. Many see it as a continuation of ancestral religions with an emphasis on continuity and reconstruction.