TY - BOOK AU - Kermani,S.Zohreh TI - Pagan family values: childhood and the religious imagination in contemporary American paganism T2 - The new and alternative religions series SN - 0814744982 AV - BP605.N46 K47 2013eb U1 - 299/.94 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - NYU Press KW - Neopagan families KW - United States KW - Neopaganism KW - Families KW - Religious life KW - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT KW - Witchcraft & Wicca KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION KW - General KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Crafting history -- Old souls: pagan childhood -- Parenting in Neverland -- Don't eat the incense: children in ritual -- A room full of fireflies -- My dream come true -- Building fairy houses -- American pagan families & family values, online survey -- Second-generation pagans: experiences and opinions, online survey N2 - ""An intriguing, important, and often entertaining look at an under-studied aspect of new religions. Highly recommended.""--Douglas E. Cowan, author of Cyberhenge: Modern Pagans on the Internet For most of its history, contemporary Paganism has been a religion of converts. Yet as it enters its fifth decade, it is incorporating growing numbers of second-generation Pagans for whom Paganism is a family tradition, not a religious worldview arrived at via a spiritual quest. In Pagan Family Values, S. Zohreh Kermaniexplores the ways in which North American Pagan families pass on their beliefs to their children, and how the effort to socialize children influences this new religious movement UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=603302 ER -