Help me write The Case for Paganism
It can be challenging to talk to people about our religion. Many people haven’t heard of Paganism, Heathenism, Druidry, or Wicca, and some have deeply mistaken, or even scary ideas about who we are and what we do. But if we want a seat at the table, to live fully as who we are, we need the skill of talking to people who are uncomfortable with what we do and believe. With data, it’s easier to discover what points to use when it’s our turn to speak.
The Case for Paganism is about why we leave the religion we had as children [most often Christianity,] what we get out of being one of the Earth-based spiritualities, why religions that embrace both the embodied and the transcendent matter, and what our religious traditions have to offer the world.
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This is the start of my research, and I’ll be posting updates and excerpts here on 21st Century Pagan.
I am blessed with an experienced advisor, Deirdre Sommerlad-Rogers, PhD – who has served as Cherry Hill Seminary faculty since 2011. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from San Jose State University, in Psychology and Sociology, and her Ph.D. in Sociology from Bowling Green State University, with minors in Women’s Studies and Social Psychology. She has held the position of tenured professor and Department Chair in Sociology and Criminal Justice. She is currently consulting as a statistical and dissertation consultant. Her areas of focus and teaching have included criminal justice, inequalities, and social construction of difference.
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Selina Rifkin, M.S. [Nutrition], LMT, has been Pagan since she was 14 [which was a long time ago] and been to Hades in a handbasket. More than once. This has given her some opinions. She has direct communication with her gods and they’ve always given her answers when she asks. [One does have to ask.] Like most of her generation [X] she’s okay with snark. Most days she tries for good writing. But the snark, and side comments creep in. Be warned.