Pagan Family Values : Childhood and the Religious Imagination in Contemporary American Paganism / S. Zohreh Kermani.
2013
BP605.N46 K47 2016
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Pagan Family Values : Childhood and the Religious Imagination in Contemporary American Paganism / S. Zohreh Kermani.
Author
Kermani, S. Zohreh, author.
ISBN
9780814744987
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2013]
Copyright
©2013
Language
English
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In English.
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1 online resource
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10.18574/nyu/9780814769744.001.0001 doi
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BP605.N46 K47 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
299.94
Summary
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 Kermani explores 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, that will remain with their children throughout their lives, regardless of these children's ultimate religious identifications. Pagan parents tend to construct an idealized, magical childhood for their children that mirrors their ideal childhoods. The socialization of children thus becomes a means by which adults construct and make meaningful their own identities as Pagans. Kermani's meticulous fieldwork and clear, engaging writing provide an illuminating look at parenting and religious expression in Pagan households and at how new religions pass on their beliefs to a new generation.
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North American Religions ; ; 3
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Crafting History
2 Old Souls
3 Parenting in Neverland
4 Don't Eat the Incense
5 A Room Full of FireFlies
6 My Dream Come True
Conclusion
Appendix A
Appendix B
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Crafting History
2 Old Souls
3 Parenting in Neverland
4 Don't Eat the Incense
5 A Room Full of FireFlies
6 My Dream Come True
Conclusion
Appendix A
Appendix B
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Author