INVENTING WITCHCRAFT: A Case Study In The Creation Of A New Religion
Aidan A. Kelly received his Ph.D. in theology from theGraduate Theological Union in 1980, in a joint programin advanced humanities with the University ofCalifornia, Berkeley. He has taught at the Universityof San Francisco and other colleges, and served forfive years on the steering committee of theprestigious Group on New Religious Movements of theAmerican Academy of Religion. He is well-known inacademic circles for his argument that all religionsbegin as new religions. He is also a founder of theNew Reformed Orthodox Order of the Golden Dawn, aneclectic Wiccan tradition, and of the Covenant of theGoddess, a national church for American Witches.