wicca is the form of contemporary paganism that is especially popular in england.
wicca is the form of contemporary paganism that is especially popular in england.
the form of contemporary paganism that is especially popular in england is?
wicca
an issue of academic debate has been regarding the connection between the new age movement and contemporary paganism, or neo-paganism. the two phenomena have often been confused and conflated, particularly in christian critiques. religious studies scholar sarah pike asserted that there was a "significant overlap" between the two religious movements, while aidan a. kelly stated that paganism "parallels the new age movement in some ways, differs sharply from it in others, and overlaps it in some minor ways". other scholars have identified them as distinct phenomena that share overlap and commonalities. hanegraaff suggested that whereas various forms of contemporary paganism were not part of the new age movement – particularly those that pre-dated the movement – other pagan religions and practices could be identified as new age. partridge portrayed both paganism and the new age as different streams of occulture (occult culture) that merge at points.
new age
the first international academic conference on the subject of pagan studies was held at the university of newcastle upon tyne, north-east england in 1993. it had been organised by two british religious studies scholars, graham harvey and charlotte hardman. in april 1996 a larger conference dealing with contemporary paganism took place at ambleside in the lake district, organised by the department of religious studies at the university of lancaster, north-west england. titled "nature religion today: western paganism, shamanism and esotericism in the 1990s", it led to the publication of an academic anthology, "nature religion today: paganism in the modern world". in that anthology, some of the conference's organisers described its original intentions, remarking that through it they "sought to explore the innovations in practice and belief which constitute contemporary paganism, and which appear to be a part of a widespread cultural response to the decay of main-line religions and to a widely felt awareness of ecological crisis."
pagan studies