Modern Paganism in World Cultures | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-16

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00:02:10 1 Background
00:03:02 2 Synopsis
00:03:11 2.1 Strmiska's "Comparative Perspectives"
00:04:40 2.2 Magliocco's "Italian American Stregheria and Wicca"
00:05:15 2.3 Butler's "Druidry in Contemporary Ireland"
00:05:46 2.4 Strmiska and Sigurvinsson's "Asatru"
00:05:58 2.5 Blain's "Heathenry, the Past, and Sacred Sites in Today's Britain"
00:06:12 2.6 Ivakhiv'a "The Revival of Ukrainian Native Faith"
00:06:25 2.7 Strmiska and Dundzila's "Romuva"
00:06:36 2.8 Urquhart's "Onward Pagan Soldiers"
00:06:48 3 Reception and recognition
00:06:58 3.1 Academic reviews



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Modern Paganism in World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives is an academic anthology edited by the American religious studies scholar Michael F. Strmiska which was published by ABC-CLIO in 2005. Containing eight separate papers produced by various scholars working in the field of Pagan studies, the book examines different forms of contemporary Paganism as practiced in Europe and North America. Modern Paganism in World Cultures was published as a part of ABC-CLIO's series of books entitled 'Religion in Contemporary Cultures', in which other volumes were dedicated to religious movements like Buddhism and Islam.
Edited by Strmiska, then a lecturer at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut, the volume contained contributions from scholars from a variety of academic backgrounds, some of whom were practicing Pagans themselves. In her paper, the American folklorist Sabina Magliocco discussed "ethnic ambivalence" amongst the Italian American community in regards to the relationship between Stregheria and Wicca, whilst the Irish folklorist Jenny Butler dealt with the place of contemporary Druidry in Ireland. In a paper co-written by Strmiska and Icelandic anthropologist Baldur A. Sigurvinsson, the religion of Asatru in both Iceland and the United States was compared, which is followed by a piece by British anthropologist Jenny Blain looking at the way in which British Heathens viewed sacred sites. The sixth paper, written by environmental studies scholar Adrian Ivakhiv, looked at Paganism in Ukraine, whilst the seventh, co-written once more by Strmiska, this time with humanities scholar Vilius Rudra Dundzila, looked at Romuva in both Lithuania and the U.S. The final paper, produced by military veteran Stephanie Urquhart, looked at the acceptance of Pagans in the U.S. military.
Academic reviews were largely positive, praising the various papers for expanding the knowledge of Pagan studies by focusing on less well known religions like Romuva and Asatru rather than Wicca, the dominant Pagan faith to which the majority of literature in the field of Pagan studies had been devoted up until that point.