LEADER 03776nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910825096603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-4498-2 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814744987 035 $a(CKB)2670000000386860 035 $a(EBL)1225009 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000916164 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12431759 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000916164 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10885384 035 $a(PQKB)10270105 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001326064 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1225009 035 $a(OCoLC)852389107 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse27833 035 $a(DE-B1597)547929 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814744987 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000386860 100 $a20121210d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|un|u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPagan family values $echildhood and the religious imagination in contemporary American paganism /$fS. Zohreh Kermani 210 $aNew York $cNYU Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (252 p.) 225 0$aNew and alternative religions series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-4798-9460-5 311 0 $a0-8147-6974-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCrafting history -- Old souls: pagan childhood -- Parenting in Neverland -- Don't eat the incense: children in ritual -- A room full of fireflies -- My dream come true -- Building fairy houses -- American pagan families & family values, online survey -- Second-generation pagans: experiences and opinions, online survey. 330 $aFor most of its history, contemporary Paganism has been a religion of converts. Yet as it enters its fifth decade, it is incorporating growing numbers of second-generation Pagans for whom Paganism is a family tradition, not a religious worldview arrived at via a spiritual quest. In Pagan Family Values, S. Zohreh Kermani explores the ways in which North American Pagan families pass on their beliefs to their children, and how the effort to socialize children influences this new religious movement. The first ethnographic study of the everyday lives of contemporary Pagan families, this volume brings their experiences into conversation with contemporary issues in American religion. Through formal interviews with Pagan families, participant observation at various pagan events, and data collected via online surveys, Kermani traces the ways in which Pagan parents transmit their religious values to their children. Rather than seeking to pass along specific religious beliefs, Pagan parents tend to seek to instill values, such as religious tolerance and spiritual independence, that will remain with their children throughout their lives, regardless of these children's ultimate religious identifications. Pagan parents tend to construct an idealized, magical childhood for their children that mirrors their ideal childhoods. The socialization of children thus becomes a means by which adults construct and make meaningful their own identities as Pagans. Kermani?s meticulous fieldwork and clear, engaging writing provide an illuminating look at parenting and religious expression in Pagan households and at how new religions pass on their beliefs to a new generation. 410 0$aNew and Alternative Religions 606 $aNeopaganism$zUnited States 606 $aFamilies$xReligious life 615 0$aNeopaganism 615 0$aFamilies$xReligious life. 676 $a299/.94 700 $aKermani$b S. Zohreh$01704851 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825096603321 996 $aPagan Family Values$94091109 997 $aUNINA