--- product_id: 10609921 title: "Pagan Theology: Paganism as a World Religion" brand: "michael york" price: "200.72 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/10609921-pagan-theology-paganism-as-a-world-religion store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Pagan Theology: Paganism as a World Religion **Brand:** michael york **Price:** 200.72 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Pagan Theology: Paganism as a World Religion by michael york - **How much does it cost?** 200.72 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/10609921-pagan-theology-paganism-as-a-world-religion) ## Best For - michael york enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted michael york brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Pagan Theology: Paganism as a World Religion - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51hbMeacY5L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very informative *by R***L on Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2010* I purchased this book initially because as a Solitary Eclectic Wiccan I have found precious little material exploring Wiccan theology and wanted to condense my own ideas with the help of some good reference material.This book does help me in that regard, but not as much as I had hoped. I would say the vast majority of the book deals with what Isaac Bonewits referred to as "Mesopaganisms" and their comparison/contrast with "Paleopaganisms", with Neopaganisms being the extreme minority of the topics under discussion. There, he uses somewhat odd definitions and lumps all of Witchcraft into the same framework as Wicca, which isn't accurate or fair, but may be a useful enough construct to form sweeping theories with. Basically the most of the text is dedicated to creating definitions.That said, the book gave me lots to ponder that wasn't on my original shopping list so to speak, and the final, shortest, chapter DOES handle theology more directly. The presentation is generalizing and nonspecific but still helpful. I was most taken by his idea that the New Age movement, which he characterizes as Gnostic, is essentially at odds with the Witchcraft religions in their basic worldviews (Paganisms envisioning the world, the Gods, and the human race as codependent, while Gnostic philosophy sets apart the idea of the One from all lesser emanations; in the one, Nature is sacred, while in the other, Nature is illusion). He surmises that these two incompatible philosophies form loose alliances due to the shared experience of Christian condemnation.All in all I recommend this book for advancing Neopagans who are looking to help firm up their definitions of broad terms and identify themselves with the religious movements around the world that share common themes with their own. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Fine Study *by I***C on Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2004* This is a fine study of the ideas that lay behind ancient Paganism, and how they relate to and resemble the ideas of modern Paganism.York proposes a model of Paganism which is pluralistic and polytheistic, nature-focused, human-focused and that seeks a good life on earth more than it does a specific sort of good afterlife.He begins by examining some of the most well-preserved of ancient forms, those of China and India. He finds in traditional Taoist Paganism his first and most complete model. In Hinduism he has to choose among the many forms to find the (still fairly prominent) presence of Pagan ways. Having isolated the pagan remnants in those ways, he goes on to other world religions, including Japanese culture, European Catholicism and North American First Peoples. York makes fairly good use of material from the african world, including santeria, Lucumi, and the like.After pointing out the Pagan ideas in the various world paths, he examines the neopagan movement, and reaches interesting conclusions.I'd recommend this as a fine contribution to the development of Pagan theological thinking. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Off the mark on paganism *by T***R on Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2003* Michael York includes Buddhism, Hinduism, Shintoism, Yaruba, and just about everything else in his definition of "paganism." From reading the text its pretty clear that the working definition of "paganism" is "everything not Jewish, Christian, or Moslem." At one point he's even lumping Mormons and Adventists, non-main-steam Christians into "paganism." Very few practicing Pagans, Hindus, Buddhists or Mormons would accept that definition. I was left wondering if he has a clue what he's talking about. The back cover promises, "audacious redrawing of traditional religious boundaries," and York delivers that. So audacious is his redrawing that very few of the groups about which he writes would recognize or accept his audacity. At one point he says that contemporary western neo-paganism is less polytheistic than the Christian trinity. Who is he to redefine the ancient Hindu religion as "pagan"? Or Buddhism? No, I don't think it's scholarly, its not spiritual, and not much of anything else either. 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