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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Introduction. Context Is Everything: Plurality and Paradox in Contemporary European Paganisms 1
6. 1 Sami Neo-shamanism in Norway: Colonial Grounds, Ethnic Revival and Pagan Pathways 25
7. 2 It’s Not Easy Being Apolitical: Reconstruction and Eclecticism in Danish Asatro 43
8. 3 Modern Heathenism in Sweden: A Case Study in the Creation of a Traditional Religion 64
9. 4 The Brotherhood of Wolves in the Czech Republic: From Ásatrú to Primitivism 86
10. 5 Soviet-Era Discourse and Siberian Shamanic Revivalism: How Area Spirits Speak through Academia 110
11. 6 In Search of Genuine Religion: The Contemporary Estonian Maausulised Movement and Nationalist Discourse 130
12. 7 Emerging Identity Markets of Contemporary Pagan Ideologies in Hungary 154
13. 8 Hot, Strange, Völkisch, Cosmopolitan: Native Faith and Neopagan Witchcraft in Berlin’s Changing Urban Context 175
14. 9 Paganism in Ireland: Syncretic Processes, Identity and a Sense of Place 196
15. 10 On the Sticks and Stones of the Greencraft Temple in Flanders: Balancing Global and Local Heritage in Wicca 216
16. 11 Iberian Paganism: Goddess Spirituality in Spain and Portugal and the Quest for Authenticity 239
17. 12 Bellisama and Aradia: Paganism Re-emerges in Italy 261
18. 13 Authenticity and Invention in the Quest for a Modern Maltese Paganism 285
19. List of Contributors 305
20. Index 309