The Metaphor of Goddess: Religious Fictionalism and Nature Religion within Feminist Witchcraft

This paper explores the way some contemporary feminist Pagan practitioners talk about nature and goddess. I see these feminist Pagans as providing an example of a religion of nature, much like that of Donald Crosby’s (2002) that focuses on nature as the ultimate. However, unlike Crosby’s religion of...

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Main Author: Klassen, Chris (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2012
In: Feminist theology
Year: 2012, Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Pages: 91-100
Further subjects:B Witchcraft
B Atheism
B nature religion
B Thealogy
B Paganism
B Witches
B Goddess
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