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A History of Pagan Europe

By Nigel Pennick , Prudence Jones

Book information

Publisher
Routledge (Taylor&Francis)
Year
1995
ISBN
9781136141805, 0415091365
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
7 MB (7157751 bytes)
Edition
2nd
Pages
300\0
Topic
Religion
Time added
2016-03-20 20:09:22
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Description

The first comprehensive study of its kind, this fully illustrated book establishes Paganism as a persistent force in European history with a profound influence on modern thinking. From the serpent goddesses of ancient Crete to modern nature-worship and the restoration of the indigenous religions of eastern Europe, this wide-ranging book offers a rewarding new perspective of European history. In this definitive study, Prudence Jones and Nigel Pennick draw together the fragmented sources of Europe's native religions and establish the coherence and continuity of the Pagan world vision. Exploring Paganism as it developed from the ancient world through the Celtic and Germanic periods, the authors finally appraise modern Paganism and its apparent causes as well as addressing feminist spirituality, the heritage movement, nature-worship and `deep' ecology This innovative and comprehensive history of European Paganism will provide a stimulating, reliable guide to this popular dimension of religious culture for the academic and the general reader alike.

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