Weaving a Tangled Web? Pagan ethics and issues of history, ‘race’ and ethnicity in Pagan identity

Authors

  • Anne-Marie Gallagher University of Central Lancashire

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/pome.v13i10.19

Keywords:

Neo-Paganism, paganism, race, ethnicity

Abstract

A survey of popular Pagan texts …turned up an arrestingly unproblematic relationship with ethnic, historical, national, social and political boundaries

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Published

1999-11-01

How to Cite

Gallagher, A.-M. (1999). Weaving a Tangled Web? Pagan ethics and issues of history, ‘race’ and ethnicity in Pagan identity. Pomegranate, 10(Winter), 19-29. https://doi.org/10.1558/pome.v13i10.19