Pagan Family Values

Pagan Family Values
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 251
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ISBN-10 : 9781479894604
ISBN-13 : 1479894605
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Book Synopsis Pagan Family Values by : S. Zohreh Kermani

Download or read book Pagan Family Values written by S. Zohreh Kermani and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2013-07-29 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An intriguing, important, and often entertaining look at an under-studied aspect of new religions. Highly recommended."—Douglas E. Cowan, author of Cyberhenge: Modern Pagans on the Internet For most of its history, contemporary Paganism has been a religion of converts. Yet as it enters its fifth decade, it is incorporating growing numbers of second-generation Pagans for whom Paganism is a family tradition, not a religious worldview arrived at via a spiritual quest. In Pagan Family Values, S. Zohreh Kermaniexplores the ways in which North American Pagan families pass on their beliefs to their children, and how the effort to socialize children influences this new religious movement. The first ethnographic study of the everyday lives of contemporary Pagan families, this volume brings their experiences into conversation with contemporary issues in American religion. Through formal interviews with Pagan families, participant observation at various pagan events, and data collected via online surveys, Kermani traces the ways in which Pagan parents transmit their religious values to their children. Rather than seeking to pass along specific religious beliefs, Pagan parents tend to seek to instill values, such as religious tolerance and spiritual independence, which will remain with their children throughout their lives, regardless of these children's ultimate religious identifications. S. Zohreh Kermani teaches Religious Studies part time at Youngstown State University. In the New and Alternative Religions series


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