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Paganism Resource Guide: Home

This guide offers resources on Paganism and for Pagan seminarians.

What is Paganism?

Paganism has been defined in many ways . . . both by people identifying with the label "Pagan" and by people outside of Earth-based traditions using "Pagan" as a label for the other. 

This history creates tension and complexity around which spiritual traditions are included (and which self-include) under Paganism. 

This Paganism Library Guide offers resources for graduate students and for faculty, predominantly regarding the self-identifying contemporary Pagan movement. Resources on Earth-based traditions globally are included in this Library Guide, in the spirit of inclusion with awareness of the severity of the violence of appropriation and recolonization.

Guide created by Michelle Mueller, PhD

Key Resources

Pomegranate Journal

American Academy of Religion Contemporary Pagan Studies

Introduction to Paganism

The Wild Hunt

Chaplaincy Innovation Lab

Demographics & Histories

Pluralism Project's Paganism page

"The Rise and Rise of Wicca" by Massimo Introvigne

Traditions

World Religions and Spirituality Project Directory (see Paganism category)

A Polytheist Primer

 

United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities is built upon the traditional homelands of the Dakota people.

This guide's author lives in the city of Oakland, California, which is built upon the traditional homelands of the Cochenyo, the Karkin, and other Ohlone/native peoples.

Print Resources @ Spencer Library

Resources on Indigenous/Earth-based Traditions

Other Resources

Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, and Modern Paganism

Local Community (UTS and Twin Cities)

Wider Community

Career Navigation

“How do I become a chaplain if my tradition doesn’t endorse? What if I’m not in a tradition?”

Ordaining/Credentialing Pagan Organizations (a sample)

*on VA ecclesiastical endorsement list

Chaplaincy Resources

TR2016 Required Texts