This special issue of Nova Religio aims to document and analyze how creativity, adaptation, and innovation occurred in contemporary Paganism and New Age during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on long-term fieldworks mainly focused on ritual practices, the four articles gathered here provide original ethnographic case studies on the reception of the coronavirus crisis in five European locations: Portugal, Greece, Poland, the United Kingdom, and France. In addition to investigating ritual creativity, these articles offer innovative discussions on central concepts for the study of contemporary Paganism and New Age, as well as methodological and epistemological reflections on conducting ethnography, both offline and online, during challenging times.
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November 2023
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November 01 2023
Creativity, Adaptation, and Innovation in Contemporary Paganism and New Age during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Nicolas Boissière,
Dr. Nicolas Boissière, Department of Religious Studies, University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada
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Yael Dansac
Dr. Yael Dansac, Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Religions and Secularism, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
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Nova Religio (2023) 27 (2): 5–12.
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Nicolas Boissière, Yael Dansac; Creativity, Adaptation, and Innovation in Contemporary Paganism and New Age during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Nova Religio 1 November 2023; 27 (2): 5–12. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2023.27.2.5
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