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Fearing discrimination, many pagans prefer to keep their faith private, according to Darrell Moore, high priest of Horn and Cauldron, Church of the Earth, a small Wiccan church on a 13-acre farm in ...

The difference between a biblical and a pagan understanding of worship lies in the difference between a verb and a noun. What is worship? Our English word comes from the Anglo-Saxon weorthscipe, which ...

At one point or another, you’ve likely overheard someone mention “Pagans” in a conversation. Those not in the know might feel an immediate sense of skepticism upon hearing the word. It might even ...

Whether we are talking about pre-Christian or post-Christian paganism, the task of the Catholic is always the same: to bear witness to Jesus Christ. The question is: How? In the New Testament, ...

A guest lecture by Jesse Mirotznik. Ancient Jewish portrayals of how non-Israelite worship other gods and their icons is consistently depicted as sincere. At some point around the end of the 3rd ...

(RNS) — On Sunday (May 1), some localities put up a traditional Maypole, named a May Queen and made flower crowns. Many modern pagans also celebrated the height of spring. But one community’s vernal ...

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