1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465751803321

Autore

Buxton Michael

Titolo

Planning Melbourne : lessons for a sustainable city / / Michael Buxton, Robin Goodman and Susie Moloney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clayton South, Australia : , : CSIRO PUBLISHING, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-643-10473-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 pages)

Disciplina

307.116

Soggetti

Sustainable urban development - Australia - Victoria - Melbourne Metropolitan Area

City planning - Australia - Victoria - Melbourne Metropolitan Area

Urban policy - Australia - Victoria - Melbourne Metropolitan Area

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480286803321

Autore

Kermani S. Zohreh

Titolo

Pagan Family Values : Childhood and the Religious Imagination in Contemporary American Paganism / / S. Zohreh Kermani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-8147-4498-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Collana

North American Religions ; ; 3

Disciplina

299.94

Soggetti

Families - Religious life

Neopaganism - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Crafting History -- 2 Old Souls -- 3 Parenting in Neverland -- 4 Don’t Eat the Incense -- 5 A Room Full of Fire Flies -- 6 My Dream Come True -- Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

For most of its history, contemporary Paganism has been a religion of converts. Yet as it enters its fifth decade, it is incorporating growing numbers of second-generation Pagans for whom Paganism is a family tradition, not a religious worldview arrived at via a spiritual quest. In Pagan Family Values, S. Zohreh Kermani explores the ways in which North American Pagan families pass on their beliefs to their children, and how the effort to socialize children influences this new religious movement. The first ethnographic study of the everyday lives of contemporary Pagan families, this volume brings their experiences into conversation with contemporary issues in American religion. Through formal interviews with Pagan families, participant observation at various pagan events, and data collected via online surveys, Kermani traces the ways in which Pagan parents transmit their religious values to their children. Rather than seeking to pass along specific religious beliefs, Pagan parents tend to seek to instill values, such as religious



tolerance and spiritual independence, that will remain with their children throughout their lives, regardless of these children's ultimate religious identifications. Pagan parents tend to construct an idealized, magical childhood for their children that mirrors their ideal childhoods. The socialization of children thus becomes a means by which adults construct and make meaningful their own identities as Pagans. Kermani’s meticulous fieldwork and clear, engaging writing provide an illuminating look at parenting and religious expression in Pagan households and at how new religions pass on their beliefs to a new generation.