Religious studies scholar Markus Altena Davidsen published a critique of the field in 2012, via a review of the Handbook of Contemporary Paganism.  Ethan Doyle White in The Pomegranate, arguing that there were flaws in Davidsen's approach. Arguing that the Handbook of Contemporary Paganism was not as symptomatic of the field as Davidsen had assumed, he goes on to identify a number of factual errors within Davidsen's paper. Doyle White argued that Davidsen's division of scholars into firmly insider and outsider categories was problematic as scholars of Pagan studies like Sabina Magliocco straddled both boundaries, an approach based in the methodologies employed in anthropology  .
The religious studies scholar Markus Altena Davidsen published a critique of the field in 2012, via a review of the Handbook of Contemporary Paganism. He argued that Pagan studies was dominated by an essentialist and normative view of its subject rather than a naturalist and theoretically oriented approach. Ethan Doyle White in The Pomegranate, argued that there were flaws in Davidsen's approach. Arguing that the Handbook of Contemporary Paganism was not as symptomatic of the field as Davidsen had assumed, he went on to identify a number of factual errors within Davidsen's paper. Doyle White argued that Davidsen's division of scholars into firmly insider and outsider categories was problematic as scholars of Pagan studies like Sabina Magliocco straddled both boundaries, an approach based in the methodologies employed in anthropology . In 2016, Doyle White offered his own critique of the field. He addressed the various definitions of "contemporary Paganism", the need for a clearer definition of Pagan studies, and the relationship between Pagan studies and Pagan activism, arguing for a reform of the field .
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. In 2016, Doyle White offered his own critique of the field. He addressed the various definitions of "contemporary Paganism", the need for a clearer definition of Pagan studies, and the relationship between Pagan studies and Pagan activism, arguing for a reform of the field