Transforming Deities: Modern Pagan Projects of Revival and Reinvention

This article examines a variety of ways in which deities from the ancient Mediterranean have been re-appropriated, re-interpreted, transformed, and invented for contemporary religious and socio-political purposes by local Pagan communities—especially in Greece, Italy, Iberia, and Malta—and by follow...

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Auteur principal: Rountree, Kathryn (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: equinox 2017
Dans: International journal for the study of new religions
Année: 2017, Volume: 8, Numéro: 2, Pages: 213-236
Sujets non-standardisés:B Deities
B Hellenic Paganism
B Iberian Pagans
B Çatalhöyük
B Italian Pagans
B Goddess Spirituality
B Maltese Pagans
B Modern Paganism
B Goddesses
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Résumé:This article examines a variety of ways in which deities from the ancient Mediterranean have been re-appropriated, re-interpreted, transformed, and invented for contemporary religious and socio-political purposes by local Pagan communities—especially in Greece, Italy, Iberia, and Malta—and by followers of the global Goddess spirituality movement.
ISSN:2041-952X
Contient:Enthalten in: International journal for the study of new religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/ijsnr.37404