title: Researching Paganisms (Pagan Studies Series)
author:  Jenny Blain 
description: <i>Researching Paganisms</i> successfully portrays the multiplicity of its subject matter. This collection provides a solid place to begin one's explorations of pagan studies andat the same timeaddresses theoretical and methodological issues that will inform future discussions about the role of the academy in the study of contemporary religious traditions as well as the relevance of religion in contemporary societies. Contributions are all first-rate. (Stephen D. Glazier, University of Nebraska-Lincoln)<br /><br />An interesting set of essays on the study of 'neo-paganism'a useful reflection on the prejudices, preoccupations, instincts, emotional and personal traits which we all bring to our studies-a useful tool for self-analysis. (Ren V.L. Wadlow <i>Transnational Perspectives</i>)<br /><br /><i>Researching Paganisms</i> is an important book not only for scholars and students of contemporary Western Paganism, but also for all social scientists and religious scholars who do ethnographic research. Some of the best-known and some newer scholars of contemporary Paganism on three continents explore the role of the ethnographer in mystery religions, the way in which their research has changed them and their perspective, and how their research may have influenced those they study. This book would make a wonderful addition to any social science methods class both for the issues and questions it raises and because all the chapters are written as engaging first-person narratives. (Helen Berger, West Chester University, Author of A Community of Witches and Voices from the Pagan Census)
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  MODERN PAGAN AND NATIVE FAITH MOVEMENTS IN CENTRAL
  
  
  AND EASTERN EUROPE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY AND HISTORICAL PAGANISM
  
  
  _Series Editors: Chas S. Clifton and Nikki Bado_
  
  
  
  
  
  This series examines all aspects of Paganism, from historical case studies
  
  
  to burgeoning contemporary practices.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Pop Pagans: Paganism and Popular Music
  
  
  _Edited by Donna Weston and Andy Bennett_
  
  
  
  
  
  Modern Pagan and Native Faith Movements in Central and Eastern Europe
  
  
  _Edited by Kaarina Aitamurto and Scott Simpson_
  
  
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  MODERN PAGAN AND NATIVE FAITH
  
  
  MOVEMENTS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN
  
  
  EUROPE
  
  
  Edited by
  
  
  KAARINA AITAMURTO AND SCOTT SIMPSON
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  First published 2013 by Acumen
  
  
  Published 2014 by Routledge
  
  
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