Overview
- Deepens collective scholastic understandings of modern religious Druidry as an actor within the broader Pagan milieu
- Serves as a benchmark upon which all future studies of modern Druidry, and modern Paganism more widely, can draw upon
- Explores thematic topics that have largely been neglected in previous scholarship
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities (PSNRAS)
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About this book
Over the past three decades, the academic study of modern Paganism has gone from strength to strength. Scholars now have access to a plethora of studies available on such new religions as Wicca, Heathenry, and the Goddess Movement - but despite its prominence, modern Druidry has been much neglected. This book seeks to change that. This volume is interdisciplinary in basis, bringing together contributions from anthropologists, historians, and scholars of religion. It fundamentally deepens collective scholastic understandings of modern religious Druidry as an actor within the broader Pagan milieu. In addition to looking at the movement in various national contexts, the volume also explores thematic topics that have largely been neglected before. It will serve as a benchmark upon which all future studies of modern Druidry, as well as modern Paganism more widely, can draw upon, thereby making a particularly important and much-needed contribution to the field.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Back Matter
Reviews
“The volume is not only recommended to experts in Druidry, as it explores many themes found in other alternative spiritual and pagan contexts, as Graham Harvey also highlights in his afterword. The renewal of historical myths, the question of appropriation, the relationship between nature and religion, and the meanings of experiences just to mention a few are all topics that cover a wider picture and are useful to many disciplines.” (Sára Eszter Heidl, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 51 (1), March, 2025)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Ethan Doyle White completed his PhD in early medieval studies at University College London (UCL) in 2019. He teaches courses on topics such as witchcraft and Paganism at City Lit in London and is the Lead Director of Interviews for the World Religions and Spirituality Project (WRSP), based out of Virginia Commonwealth University.
Jonathan Woolley received his PhD in social anthropology at Cambridge University in 2017. He has published articles in the Implicit Religion and Environmental Humanities journals and is the author of Common Sense in Environmental Management: Thinking Through English Land and Water (2019).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Modern Religious Druidry
Book Subtitle: Studies in Paganism, Celtic Identity, and Nature Spirituality
Editors: Ethan Doyle White, Jonathan Woolley
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63099-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-63098-9Published: 26 July 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-63101-6Due: 09 August 2025
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-63099-6Published: 25 July 2024
Series ISSN: 2946-2657
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2665
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 241
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Spirituality, Sociology of Religion, Religious Studies, general, Philosophy of Nature