WITCHES, ODIN, AND THE ENGLISH STATE: THE LEGAL RECEPTION OF A COUNTER-CULTURAL MINORITY RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT

This article looks at the ways in which the legal system of a modern European jurisdiction has engaged with a counter-cultural minority religious movement. The jurisdiction in question is England and Wales, and the religious movement is revived modern Paganism. The article seeks to cast light on the...

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Main Author: Wheeler, G. J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2017]
In: Journal of law and religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 32, Issue: 3, Pages: 449-469
Further subjects:B minority religions
B New Religious Movements
B Human Rights
B England
B Paganism
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