Contemporary Pagan Ritual and Cyberspace: Virtuality, Embodiment, and Mythopoesis

The paper attempts a theoretical re-appraisal of contemporary Pagan ritual by posing the following question: do Pagan rituals online contradict this new religion’s stress on embodiment or, rather, do such rituals compel us to reconsider and re-evaluate the category of ritual itself? The author exami...

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Main Author: Bittarello, Beatrice (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. 2008
In: Religious studies and theology
Year: 2008, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 171-194
Further subjects:B Pagan ritual
B Virtuality
B Ritual Theory
B Contemporary Paganism
B religion on the Internet
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