Religious, Socio-cultural and Political Worldviews of
Contemporary Pagans in the Czech Republic

J 2017

Religious, Socio-cultural and Political Worldviews of Contemporary Pagans in the Czech Republic

VENCÁLEK, Matouš

Základní údaje

Originální název

Religious, Socio-cultural and Political Worldviews of Contemporary Pagans in the Czech Republic

Autoři

VENCÁLEK, Matouš (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Pomegranate: The International Journal Of Pagan Studies, Equinox, 2017, 1528-0268

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60304 Religious studies

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/17:00102380

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/pome.33834

UT WoS

000426997600005

Klíčová slova anglicky

Neo-Paganism; Contemporary Paganism; Politics; Values; Czech Republic

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 9. 2. 2019 19:22, Mgr. Michaela Ondrašinová, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

This article presents the results of a research inspired by Helen Berger’s Pagan Census, conducted among Czech Pagans. It explores the worldviews of Czech Pagans from different Pagan groups regarding the questions of spirituality (e.g. the beliefs about afterlife, reincarnation or magic), society and culture (e.g. LGBTQ+ rights, drugs or the status of women in society) and politics (e.g. regarding the market regulation, social welfare, as well as specific political party preferences). It focuses on the differences, as well as on the commonalities among various Pagan groups, as the Pagan movement is highly diversified and sprouts from several different sources: some groups have emerged from naturalizing and romanticizing tendencies and emphasize the sacredness of nature, worship, and respect for all of its creatures; while some groups have emerged from rather nationalistic tendencies and focus on the worship of the gods and ancestors with a strong emphasis on ethnic background. The results show that the vast majority of Czech Pagans believe in some sort of afterlife and more than a half of them believe in reincarnation. The vast majority also believe in magic and nearly a half of them practise it. While there are little differences between various Pagan groups on the left-right economic scale, as they all seem to be mostly centrist or slightly left of center, adherents of reconstructionist or ethnic Pagan groups tend to hold more conservative positions on the socio-cultural scale than the adherents of revivalist or eclectic Pagan groups.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/0873/2016, interní kód MU

Název: Internacionalizace výzkumu v religionistice (Akronym: INTERVYR)

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Internacionalizace výzkumu v religionistice, DO R. 2020_Kategorie A - Specifický výzkum - Studentské výzkumné projekty

Citovat

VENCÁLEK, Matouš. Religious, Socio-cultural and Political Worldviews of Contemporary Pagans in the Czech Republic. Pomegranate: The International Journal Of Pagan Studies. Equinox, 2017, roč. 19, č. 2, s. 233-250. ISSN 1528-0268. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1558/pome.33834.

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VENCÁLEK, Matouš. Religious, Socio-cultural and Political Worldviews of Contemporary Pagans in the Czech Republic. \textit{Pomegranate: The International Journal Of Pagan Studies}. Equinox, 2017, roč.~19, č.~2, s.~233-250. ISSN~1528-0268. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1558/pome.33834.

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