Neo-Paganism, Native Faith and indigenous religion

A case study of Malta within the European context

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8016263
AutoresKathryn Rountree (School of People, Environment and Planning; Massey University; Albany campus Auckland New Zealand, autor de correspondencia)
Año2014
Volumen22
Número1
Páginas81-100
Fecha de publicación2014-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0964-0282 • E-ISSN: 1469-8676
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1469-8676.12063
OpenAlexW1607969692
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas30

This article surveys European neo‐Pagan and Native Faith movements that have emerged in the context of pan‐regional developments, new political configurations, environmental concerns and globalisation. While all engage with indigeneity, two broad trends are identified under the Pagan/Native Faith umbrella: (1) the adaptation of Anglo‐American Pagan traditions (e.g. Wicca, Druidry, neo‐shamanism, Goddess spirituality) to local contexts, thereby indigenising them in various ways, (2) the reconstruction of indigenous European religious traditions in connection with contemporary identity politics. Against this backdrop, the paper discusses the indigenising project of Maltese neo‐Pagans, a project characterised by adaptation and inventiveness within the local Catholic context

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Christianity · Context (archaeology · Environmental ethics · Ethnology · Faith · Globalization · Identity (music · Indigenous · Paganism · Political science · Politics · Shamanism · Sociology · Spirituality · Theology · Anthropology · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Ecology