| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 194 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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text file |
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Vitality of indigenous religions
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Vitality of indigenous religions.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Malta: Places mentioned in the text; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Going Between the Worlds; 1 Background; 2 Merry Meet: Creating and Performing Pagan Identities; 3 The Circle is Open but Unbroken: The Personal and Cultural Contexts of Paganism; 4 The Wheel Turns; 5 Synergies and Tensions between the Worlds; 6 Living a Magical Life; 7 The Temples; 8 She Changes Everything She Touches; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Contemporary western Paganism is now a global religious phenomenon with Pagans in many parts of the world sharing much in common - from a nature-revering worldview and lifestyle to a host of chants, invocations, ritual tools and magical practices. But there are also locally-specific differences. Local religious contexts, landscapes, histories, traditions, politics, values and norms all impact on local Paganisms. This is nowhere more evident than in a strongly Catholic society, where religion and culture are deeply entwined. Taking the Mediterranean society of Malta as a case study, this book i. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Catholic Church -- Malta.
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Catholic Church -- Relations -- Neopaganism.
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Catholic Church. |
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Relations. |
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Neopaganism. |
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Catholic Church -- Malta -- Relations -- Neopaganism. |
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Neopaganism -- Malta.
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Malta. |
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Malta -- Religion.
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Religion. |
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Malta -- Religious life and customs.
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Neopaganism -- Relations -- Catholic Church.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rountree, Kathryn. Crafting contemporary pagan identities in a Catholic society. Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Ltd., ©2010 9780754669739 (DLC) 2009020740 (OCoLC)361969338 |
| ISBN |
0754697916 e-book |
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9780754697916 e-book |
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9780754669739 |
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0754669734 |
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1282385267 |
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9781282385269 |
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