Neo-Paganism Books

New and Published Books

1. Popular Religion in Russia

   'Double Belief' and the Making of an Academic Myth

   By Stella Rock

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe

   This book dispels the widely-held view that paganism survived in Russia alongside Orthodox Christianity, demonstrating that 'double belief', dvoeverie, is in fact an academic myth. Scholars, citing the medieval origins of the term, have often portrayed Russian Christianity as uniquely muddied by...

   Published May 11th 2009 by Routledge
2. Paganism

   Edited by Barbara Jane Davy

   Series: Critical Concepts in Religious Studies

   Contemporary Paganism emerged in Britain in the 1940s and 1950s as a new religious movement, although practitioners understood themselves to be participating in a witchcraft tradition extending back into medieval—if not prehistoric—times. In recent decades, Pagan Studies has emerged through a...

   Published September 25th 2008 by Routledge
3. Cyberhenge

   Modern Pagans on the Internet

   By Douglas E. Cowan

   Cyberhenge examines the use of Internet technology in shaping religious traditions and rituals. Cowan asks how and why Neopaganism has embraced the Internet in such an innovative and imaginative way....

   Published October 25th 2004 by Routledge
4. The Paganism Reader

   Edited by Chas Clifton, Graham Harvey

   Paganism is one of the world's fastest-growing religions, practised in a huge variety of ways. The Paganism Reader provides a definitive collection of key sources in Paganism, ranging from its ancient origins to its twentieth-century reconstruction and revival. Chronologically organized sections...

   Published March 10th 2004 by Routledge