Crafting Contemporary Pagan Identities in a Catholic Society
, by Rountree,KathrynNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780754669739 | 0754669734
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 1/28/2010
Taking the Mediterranean society of Malta as a case study, this book invites readers inside the world of a small, hidden sub-culture. Showing what it is like being Pagan in a society where the vast majority of the population is Roman Catholic, and Catholicism permeates every sphere of public and domestic, social and political life, Rountree reveals that Paganism here is a unique brew of indigenous and global influences. Pagans employ both creativity and borrowing in constructing identities within a cultural context characterised by antagonism as well as continuity.