RT Article
T1 An Outsider Inside: Becoming a Scholar of Contemporary Paganism
JF The pomegranate
VO 17
IS 1/2
SP 128
OP 140
A1 Berger, Helen A. 1949-
LA English
YR 2015
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1670474658
AB This article explores how serendipity resulted in one sociologist becoming a scholar of a minority religion of which she is not a member.  As one of the early scholars of contemporary Paganism, Berger describes both its transformation in the past thirty years and her contribution to that change.  She argues that contemporary Paganism, with its lack of rigid structures and use of virtual space to create a "disorganized community" with a network of interactions, learning, and sharing is an excellent venue for studying many aspects of religion, culture, and political action in late modernity
K1 Contemporary Paganism
K1 Pagan scholarship
DO 10.1558/pome.v17i1-2.27798