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Criticism of modern paganism

Not to be confused with Religious discrimination against neopagans.

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Modern paganism, also known as contemporary paganism[1] and neopaganism,[2] is a collective term for new religious movements which are influenced by or derived from the various historical pagan beliefs of pre-modern peoples. Although they share similarities, contemporary pagan religious movements are diverse, and as a result, they do not share a single set of beliefs, practices, or texts.[3]

Due to its diversity, many criticisms of modern paganism are directed towards specific neopagan groups, and as a result, they are not directed towards all neopagan groups. Criticisms of specific neopagan groups range from criticisms of their belief in gender essentialism[4] to criticisms of their belief in racial supremacy[5] to criticisms of the worldly focuses of pagan organizations.[6]

The analysis of Slavic and, in particular, Russian neopaganism from the standpoint of religious studies and ethnopolitics is carried out in the works of the religious scholar Alexei Gaidukov [7][8][9] and the historian Victor Schnirelmann.[10][11][12][13][14]

  1. ^ Doyle White 2016, p. 6.
  2. ^ Adler 2006, p. xiii.
  3. ^ *Carpenter, Dennis D. (1996). "Emergent Nature Spirituality: An Examination of the Major Spiritual Contours of the Contemporary Pagan Worldview". In Lewis, James R. (ed.). Magical Religion and Modern Witchcraft. Albany: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-2890-0. p=40
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  5. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20220407072104/http://static.iea.ras.ru/neotlozhka/114-Shnirelman.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ Doyle White 2016, p. 9.
  7. ^ "2000 Гайдуков А.В. Идеология и практика славянского неоязычества. Диссертация | Этнорелигии". 6 January 2022. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  8. ^ Гайдуков A. B. Реконструкция и возрождение дохристианских верований в современной России // Поиски исторической психологии. Сообщения и тезисы докладов Международной междисциплинарной научной конференции. — СПб. 21—22 мая 1997 г / Под набл. Т. В. Партаненко и В. И. Старцева. — СПб.: РГПУ имени А. И. Герцена, 1997.
  9. ^ Gaidukov A. The Russian-Language Internet and Rodnoverie // Modern Pagan and Native Faith Movements in Central and Eastern Europe (англ.) / K. Aitamurto & S. Simpson (eds.). — Durham: Acumen, 2013. — P. 315–332. — x+358 p. — (Studies in Contemporary and Historical Paganism). ISBN 978-1-84465-662-2
  10. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20220417095032/http://static.iea.ras.ru/neotlozhka/114-Shnirelman.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ "Неоязычество на просторах Евразии – Коллектив авторов – читать, скачать". azbyka.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  12. ^ Шнирельман, Виктор (7 May 2020). Русское родноверие. Неоязычество и национализм в современной России (in Russian). Litres. ISBN 978-5-457-73312-1.
  13. ^ Shnirelman V. Russian Neopaganism: From Ethnic Religion to Racial Violence // Modern Pagan and Native Faith Movements in Central and Eastern Europe (англ.) / K. Aitamurto & S. Simpson (eds.). — Durham: Acumen, 2013. — P. 62–71. — x+358 p. — (Studies in Contemporary and Historical Paganism). ISBN 978-1-84465-662-2
  14. ^ Шнирельман, Виктор (11 December 2015). Арийский миф в современном мире (in Russian). Новое Литературное Обозрение. ISBN 978-5-4448-0422-3.

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