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Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-Theistic Pagans

2016-03-18 Neopaganism
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Release : 2016-03-18
Genre : Neopaganism
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Book Synopsis Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-Theistic Pagans by : John Halstead

Download or read book Godless Paganism: Voices of Non-Theistic Pagans written by John Halstead. This book was released on 2016-03-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even in pagan antiquity, there were those who, while participating in the community's religious life, did not believe in literal gods. In the centuries that followed the Christian domination of the West, the epithet "godless pagan" was leveled at a wide variety of people. In the 1960s, there emerged a community of people who sought to reclaim the name "pagan" from its history of opprobrium. These Neo-Pagans were interested in nature spirituality and polytheism, and identified with the misunderstood and persecuted pagans of antiquity. While many Pagans today believe in literal gods, there are a growing number of Pagans who are "godless." Today, the diverse assemblage of spiritual paths known as Paganism includes atheist Pagans or Atheopagans, Humanistic and Naturalistic Pagans, Buddho-Pagans, animists, pantheists, Gaians, and other non-theistic Pagans. Here, their voices are gathered together to share what it means to be Pagan and godless.

Atheopaganism: An Earth-honoring Path Rooted in Science

2019-10 Religion
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Release : 2019-10
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Atheopaganism: An Earth-honoring Path Rooted in Science by : Mark Alexander Green

Download or read book Atheopaganism: An Earth-honoring Path Rooted in Science written by Mark Alexander Green. This book was released on 2019-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every human culture has evolved religious practices. Clearly, there is something inherent in humanity about religiosity: it must fulfill certain needs that evolved with us as our modern brains developed. ATHEOPAGANISM explores how the evolution of proceeding brain systems contributed to the belief systems, value sets and religious practices that characterize cultures all over the world. And then it implements this understanding of the nature of religion in a science-consistent religious practice that fulfills the human need for meaning, connectedness, inspiration and purpose.

Neo-Paganism: Historical Inspiration & Contemporary Creativity

2019-09-16 Religion
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Release : 2019-09-16
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Neo-Paganism: Historical Inspiration & Contemporary Creativity by : John Halstead

Download or read book Neo-Paganism: Historical Inspiration & Contemporary Creativity written by John Halstead. This book was released on 2019-09-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A living relationship with the wild natural world is our birthright as human beings. But centuries of civilization, patriarchy, transcendental monotheism, reductionist science, and capitalism have broken the connection between humankind and nature. To be Neo-Pagan today is to reclaim our original relation with the world. It is nothing more and nothing less than to be fully human again. To (re-)learn what this means, we need to strip away the layers of estrangement that have accreted to our collective soul over the centuries. So we look back to our pagan ancestors. Though separated by time, there is a connection between us and them. We carry it in our flesh and blood. At our most fundamental, we are still the same human beings we were then. We can be pagan again today because we live under the same Sun and on the same Earth, we feel the same wind blowing through our hair and the same rain falling on our skin.

Another End of the World is Possible

2019-07-02
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Release : 2019-07-02
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Book Synopsis Another End of the World is Possible by : John Halstead

Download or read book Another End of the World is Possible written by John Halstead. This book was released on 2019-07-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these essays, activist and author, John Halstead, takes us from a 2016 environmental protest at a Midwestern tar sands refinery to a mid-20th century Mexican cornfield stricken with blight to a bloody sacrifice to the Mother Goddess in ancient Rome, and from ancient pagan myths to the latest superhero movies to speculative fiction about a biocentric community of the future. In so doing, he explores the intersection of climate change and capitalism, hope and despair, death and denial, hubris and hero myths, love and limitations, popular culture and storytelling, and what it would really mean for our relationship with the natural world if we were to admit that we are doomed.

Pagan Theology

2005-04 History
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Release : 2005-04
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Pagan Theology by : Michael York

Download or read book Pagan Theology written by Michael York. This book was released on 2005-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Pagan Theology, Michael York situates Paganism—one of the fastest-growing spiritual orientations in the West—as a world religion. He provides an introduction to, and expansion of, the concept of Paganism and provides an overview of Paganism's theological perspective and practice. He demonstrates it to be a viable and distinguishable spiritual perspective found around the world today in such forms as Chinese folk religion, Shinto, tribal religions, and neo-Paganism in the West. While adherents to many of these traditions do not use the word “pagan” to describe their beliefs or practices, York contends that there is an identifiable position possessing characteristics and understandings in common for which the label “pagan” is appropriate. After outlining these characteristics, he examines many of the world's major religions to explore religious behaviors in other religions which are not themselves pagan, but which have pagan elements. In the course of examining such behavior, York provides rich and lively descriptions of religions in action, including Buddhism and Hinduism. Pagan Theology claims Paganism’s place as a world religion, situating it as a religion, a behavior, and a theology.

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