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BOOKS
The True Israel: uses of the names Jew, Hebrew and Israel in Ancient Jewish and Early Christian Literature. published by E.J. Brill, 1996. In the series Arbeiten
zur geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums. Reprinted in paperback Nov.
2001 Synopsis 12345 |
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Listening People, Speaking Earth: Contemporary Paganism. Published simultaneously
by
Hurst & Co. (London); and : Wakefield
Press (Adelaide), 1997. Also published by New
York University Press under the title Contemporary
Paganism: Listening People, Speaking Earth. Reprinted in 2000. The second edition (2007) is now available (in / from the UK at least) Italian translation: Credenti
della nuova èra: I pagani contemporanei, Rome: Editore
Feltrinelli, 2000 Synopsis Synopsis
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Animism: Respecting the Living World. published simultaneously
by C.Hurst
& Co. (London); Columbia
University Press (New York); and Wakefield
Press (Adelaide), 2005. See Animism.org.uk for more information about this book and for ever expanding discussion of the issues it raises and the communities, worldviews and lifeways it discusses. The website is also new and in need of a lot of work, so keep visiting! Reviews:
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See the companion
website The cover of Animism: Respecting the Living World uses the excellent painting, “Kunka Women’s Dreaming’ by Gladys Yawentyne — with the permission of the artist and of Ngurratjuta Art Centre, Alice Springs, Australia. |
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Historical Dictionary of Shamanism co-authored with Robert Wallis published by The
Scarecrow Press (Lanham, USA). Cover blurb: Few religious traditions have generated such diversity and stirred imaginations as shamanism. In their engagements with other worlds, shamans have conversed with animals and ancestors and have been empowered with the knowledge to heal patients, advise hunters, and curse enemies. Still other shamans, aided by rhythmic music or powerful plant helpers, undertake journeys into different realities where their actions negotiate harmony between human and other than human communities. Once relegated to paintings on cave walls, today Shamanism can be seen in performances at rave clubs and psychotherapeutic clinics. The Historical Dictionary of Shamanism has the duel task of exploring the common ground of shamanic traditions and evaluating the diversity of both traditional indigenous communities and individual Western seekers. This is done in an introduction, a bibliography, a chronology, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries, which explore the consistent features of a variety of shamans, the purposes shamanism serves, the function and activities of the shaman, and the cultural contexts in which they make sense.
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cover picture of (and c/o) Runic John |
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What do Pagans believe? published by Granta in their "What do we believe?" series Cover blurb:
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BOOKS
Edited / co-edited
Words Remembered, Texts Renewed: Festschrift for Prof. John F.A. Sawyer. Co-edited with Jon Davies and Wilfred Watson; published by Sheffield
Academic Press, 1995.
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Paganism Today: Ancient Earth Traditions for the 21st Century. Co-edited with Charlotte Hardman; Published by London: Thorsons, 1996. Reprinted as Pagan Pathways: a Guide to the Ancient Earth Traditions, 2000 12345 |
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Indigenous Religions: A Companion. published by Continuum (London and New York), 2000. Synopsis:
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Law and Religion in Contemporary Society: Communities, Individualism and the State. Co-edited with Peter Edge; published by Ashgate (Aldershot), 2000. Synopsis Against
the background of the complex and sometimes contradictory responses
of religious organisations and the State to the Human Rights Act,
this interdisciplinary collection draws on contributions from leading
scholars active in the field of religious rights and the interaction
of law and religion based in the UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand and
elsewhere, and makes a timely and significant contribution to international
debates in a variety of academic disciplines. Contributors explore
international concerns over religious liberty, focusing particularly
on the boundaries of ethnicity and religious community, the status
of the ‘established’ Churches in the UK, and the proper place for
religious organisations under generally applicable legal regimes of
non-discrimination. Themes discussed are closely related to wider
interests within legal and socio-legal studies involving gender, discrimination,
equality, community and the nature and limits of individualism and
individual legal rights Reviews ‘...this
is a very useful book that contains some timely contributions to the
emerging debates about religion, law, and human rights...this volume
is welcomed as a very relevant contribution to the field.‘ ‘...
of interest to scholars of comparative law and judicial politics,
including those searching for case studies of the interaction of law
and pluralism or the role of the international human rights movement
in the legal politics within individual nation-states.‘ 12345 |
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Indigenous Religious Musics. co-edited
with Karen
Ralls; published by Ashgate (Aldershot), 2001. includes a CD with recordings of some of the musics discussed. Synopsis Indeed, music forms a key component of many such rituals and worldviews, and examples of these are explored amongst the peoples of Uganda, Amazonia and Africa. Through analysis of these rituals and the part music plays in them, the essays also open up further themes including social groupings and gender divisions, and engage with issues and debates on how we define and approach the study of indigeneity, religiosity and music. With
a complimentary CD featuring some of the music discussed in the book
and further information on other available recordings, this is a book
which gives readers the opportunity to gain a richer experience of
the lived realities of indigenous religious musics Reviews 12345 |
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Readings in Indigenous Religions. published by Continuum, 2002. Synopsis: 12345 |
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Shamanism: A Reader. published by Routledge, 2003. Synopsis:
Reviews:
‘A very
interesting anthology of shamanic and neo-shamanic thought ... for
anyone wanting to understand shamanism form a wider point of view
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The Paganism Reader. Co-edited with Chas S. Clifton; published by Routledge, 2004 Synopsis:
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Researching Paganisms. Co-edited with Jenny Blain and Doug Ezzy; published by
Altamira
(New York), 2004.
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Indigenous Diasporas and Dislocations. Co-edited with Charles Thompson; published by Ashgate,
2005.
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Ritual and Religious Belief: a Reader. published by Equinox (London) and Routledge (New York), 2005. In the series: Critical Categories in the Study of Religion Synopsis: This Reader brings together material that illustrates the problem of ritual as a type of religious behaviour, in relation to belief and thought, and as ‘vain repetition.’ The material presented here seeks an understanding of ritual as performances that may have a logic different to ‘belief’ or as actions that are not meant to be understood. The contributors discuss recent questions about the fluid performance of all identities and the inherent permeability of critical categories such as ritual. An introduction to the various debates is also provided. 12345 |
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EDITORSHIPS – series, special issues of journals and encyclopedia panels |
Vitality of Indigenous Religions.
Ashgate Monograph Series. Co-editors: Lawrence Martin, Chair of American Indian Studies Program, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, USA, and Tabona Shoko, University of Zimbabwe. Series commenced in 1999. 12345 |
For info about the series, including details on offering a manuscript, click here For info about existing books |
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Religion,
Culture and Society. Ashgate. A focused cluster of high profile titles exploring the critical issues of contemporary society and culture, and relationships to and within living religions. Co-editors: Peter Edge, Reader in Law, Oxford Brookes University, and Lois Lorentzen, University of San Francisco Series commenced in 1999. 12345 |
For info about the series, including details on offering a manuscript, click here For info about existing books |
Member of editorial
panel of Ecotheology Becoming Journal for the Study
of Religion, Nature, and Culture in January 2007. published by Equinox. 12345 |
Member of editorial
panel of The Pomegranate: The Journal of Pagan Studies published by Equinox. 12345 |
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Member of editorial
panel of Australian Religious Studies Review published by Equinox. 12345 |
Joint Guest Editor
with Marion Bowman, issue of Diskus, “Pagan Identities”,
2000. http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb03/religionswissenschaft/journal/diskus/#6 12345 |
Guest Editor
issue of Ecotheology
8.1 ‘Nature Constructing Societies’, 2003.
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Associate Editor with particular responsibilities for Paganisms entries, and task force member for European ‘Religions, Nature and Culture’ entries, Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature (general editor: Bron Taylor, University of Florida), London / New York: Continuum, 2005 12345 |
OCCASIONAL PAPERS |
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Religious Experience in Contemporary Society, Religious Experience Research
Centre Occasional Paper 14 (2nd Series). Oxford: RERC, 1997. 12345 |
CHAPTERS
IN BOOKS
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‘Death and Remembrance in Modern Paganism’, in Ritual and Remembrance:
Responses to Death in Human Societies (ed.: Davies, J.; Sheffield
Academic Press, 1994) 103-22. 12345 |
‘The Suffering of Witches and Children: Uses of the Witchcraft Passages
in the Bible’, in Words Remembered, Texts Renewed: Festschrift
for Prof. John F.A. Sawyer, (eds: Davies, J., Harvey, G., Watson,
W.G.E.; Sheffield Academic Press, 1995) 113-134. 12345 |
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‘Ritual Abuse Allegations, Incitement to Religious Hatred: Pagans and
Christians in Court’, in New Religions and the New Europe
(ed.: Towler, R.; Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 1995) 154-170.
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‘Heathenism: a North European Pagan tradition’, in Paganism Today
(eds: Harvey, G., Hardman, C.; London: Thorsons, 1996) 49-64. 12345 |
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‘Handfastings, Funerals and other Druid Rites of Passage’ in Philip Carr-Gomm 12345 |
‘Paganism and the Environment’, Faiths and the Environment: Conference
Papers. Faith in Dialogue 1 (1996) (Centre for Inter-Faith Dialogue,
Middlesex University) 71-85. 12345 |
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‘Synagogues of the Hebrews: “Good Jews” in the Diaspora’ in Jewish
Local Patriotism and Self-Identification in the Graeco-Roman Period
(eds: Siân Jones and Sarah Pearce; JSPss 31; Sheffield: Sheffield
Academic Press, 1998): 132-47. 12345 |
‘Coming Home and Coming Out
Pagan but not Converting’ in Religious
Conversion: Contemporary Practices and Controversies (Issues
in Contemporary Religion; eds: Christopher Lamb and Darrol Bryant;
London: Cassell, 1999): 233-46. 12345 |
‘Introduction’ and ‘Art Works
in Aotearoa’ in Indigenous Religions: a Companion (ed.: Graham
Harvey; London / New York: Cassell, 2000). pp.1-19, 155-72. 12345 |
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‘Boggarts and Books: towards
an appreciation of Pagan Spirituality’ in Beyond New Age: Exploring
Alternative Spirituality (eds: Steven Sutcliffe and Marion Bowman;
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2000). pp.155-68. 12345 |
‘Comments on “The Permeability
of Boundaries debate: alternative archaeology — has it happened?”’
in R.J. Wallis and K. Lymer (eds) A Permeability of Boundaries?
New Approaches to the Archaeology of Art, Religion and Folklore,
Oxford, BAR International Series 936; 2001. pp. 121-3. 12345 |
‘Pagan Studies or the Study of Paganisms? A case study
in the study of religions’ in Jenny Blain,
Doug Ezzy and Graham Harvey (eds). Researching Paganisms.
New York: Altamira, 2004. pp.241-55. 12345 |
‘Performing identity and entertaining guests: Maori diaspora
in London’ in Graham Harvey and Charlie Thompson, Indigenous Diasporas
and Dislocation. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005. pp.121-34. 12345 |
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‘Performing and Constructing Research as Guesthood’ in Lynne Hume and Jane Mulcock (eds), Anthropologists in the Field. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005. pp.168-82. 12345 |
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‘Finding your Path’ in Kristin Madden and friends (co-authors), Exploring the Pagan Path, Franklin Lakes: New Page, 2005. pp. 43-55. 12345 |
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‘Foreword’ in Ly de Angeles, Emma Restall Orr and Thom van Dooren (eds). Pagan Visions for a Sustainable Future. Woodbury: Llewellyn, 2005. pp. xi-xv.
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‘Becoming Pagan having been Christian’ in Christopher Partridge and Helen Reid (eds), Finding and Losing Faith: Studies in Conversion, Paternoster Press ‘Studies in Religion and Culture’ series. pp. 56-69.
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| ‘Discworld and Otherworld: The popularisation of Pagan
fantasy literature’, in Lynne Hume and Kathleen McPhillips (eds), Popular
Spiritualities: The Politics of Contemporary Enchantment,
Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005. |
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‘Huldah’s Scroll: a pagan Reading’ in Lisa Isherwood (ed.), Patriarchs, Prophets and Other Villains, London: Equinox, 2006. 12345 |
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Harvey, G. (2007) ‘Inventing Paganism’ in James Lewis and Olav Hammer (eds) The Invention of Sacred Traditions. Cambridge University Press. pp. 277-90. ISBN 9780521864794 12345 |
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Forthcoming Chapters in Books
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‘Satanism: performing alterity and othering’ in James
Lewis and Jesper A. Petersen (eds) Contemporary
Religious Satanism, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005. 12345 |
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ARTICLES in refereed Journals
‘Current Research on Paganism and Witchcraft in Britain’, co-authored
with Susan Greenwood, Amy Simes and Malory Nye, Journal of Contemporary Religion 10 (1995): 185-92. 12345 |
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‘Satanism in Britain Today’, Journal
of Contemporary Religion 10 (1995) 283-96. 12345 |
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‘The Authority of Intimacy
in Paganism and Goddess Spirituality’, Diskus
4.1 (1996) 34-48. 12345 |
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’Shamanism in Britain Today’,
On Ritual (ed. Günter Berghaus;
London: Routledge, 1998) Performance
Research 3.3: 15-23. 12345 |
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‘Sacred Places in the Construction
of Indigenous Environmentalism’, Ecotheology 7.1 (2002) 60-73.
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‘Guesthood as ethical decolonising
research method’, Numen 50.2 (2003): 125-46. 12345 |
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‘Environmentalism in the construction
of indigeneity’, Ecotheology 8.2 (2003) 206-23. 12345 |
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‘Endo-cannibalism in the making
of a recent British Ancestor’, Mortality 9.3 (2004): 255-67. 12345 |
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‘Animals, Animists and Academics’,
Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 41.1 (2006): 9-19.
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‘Bastille Day, the Bible and Mrs. Thatcher’, New Blackfriars 70 (1989) 552-4. 12345 |
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‘Avalon from the Mists: the contemporary teaching of Goddess Spirituality’,
Religion Today 8.2 (1993)
10-13. 12345 |
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‘Gods and Hedgehogs in the Greenwood: the Cosmology of Contemporary Paganism’,
in Mapping Invisible Worlds,
Cosmos 9 (ed.: Gavin Flood;
Edinburgh University Press, 1993) 89-94. 12345 |
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‘The Roots of Pagan Ecology’,
Religion Today, 9.3 (1994)
38-41. 12345 |
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‘Jewish-Christians: Jesus and now’, Theology
98 (1995) 461-66. 12345 |
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‘Mary Douglas’ Purity and Danger’, Turning Point, in BASR Bulletin
No. 96 (2002) 31-2. 12345 |
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‘Satanism: performing alterity
and othering’, in Syzygy: Journal
of Alternative Religion and Culture (Special Issue on Satanism,
guest edited by Jesper A. Petersen) 11 (2002): 53-68. 12345 |
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‘Animism: Pagan Ecology, Ethics and Etiquette’, in ‘Scholars Speak’, Circle Magazine: Nature Spirituality Quarterly 85 (2002): 24-6. 12345 |
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‘Fantasy in the Study of Religions: Paganism as observed and enhanced
by Terry Pratchett’ in Graham Harvey and Marion Bowman (eds), Pagan Identities, special issue of Diskus, 6, 2000. 12345 |
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‘Maori diaspora spirituality, global indigeneity and the construction of academia’ at http://www.cesnur.org/2001/london2001/ | |||