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A Community of Witches: Contemporary Neo-Paganism and Witchcraft in the United States is a sociological study of the Wiccan and wider Pagan community in the Northeastern United States. It was written by American sociologist Helen A. Berger of the West Chester University of Pennsylvania and first published in 1999 by the University of South Carolina Press. It was released as a part of a series of academic books entitled Studies in Comparative Religion, edited by Frederick M. Denny, a religious studies scholar at the University of Chicago.

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  • A Community of Witches: Contemporary Neo-Paganism and Witchcraft in the United States is a sociological study of the Wiccan and wider Pagan community in the Northeastern United States. It was written by American sociologist Helen A. Berger of the West Chester University of Pennsylvania and first published in 1999 by the University of South Carolina Press. It was released as a part of a series of academic books entitled Studies in Comparative Religion, edited by Frederick M. Denny, a religious studies scholar at the University of Chicago. Berger became interested in studying the Wiccan and Pagan movement in 1986, when she presented a lecture on the subject at the Boston Public Library. Subsequently becoming acquainted with members of the New England Pagan community, she undertook fieldwork in both a local Wiccan coven, the Circle of Light, and a wider Pagan organisation, the EarthSpirit Community (ESC). In total, Berger underwent 11 years of fieldwork among the Pagan community. Along with ESC founder Andras Corban Arthen, Berger also undertook a "Pagan Census" survey of the U.S. in the mid-1990s to obtain more data on the country's Pagan community. A Community of Witches is based on interviews with more than a hundred practicing Wiccans and Pagans, study of the pre-existing literature on the subject and a national survey of the Pagan community in the U.S. In her work, Berger interprets Wicca as a religion of late modernity, as opposed to postmodernity, and subsequently examines it using the theories of sociologists Anthony Giddens and James A. Beckford. Themes covered include Pagan conceptions of the self, the role of covens and the wider Pagan community, the place of children in the movement and the increasing routinization of Wicca through the foundation of organised churches and clergy. Academic reviewers were mostly positive, but several raised concerns over Berger's incorrect use of terminology. Reviewers noted the study's importance in developing Pagan studies as an academic discipline and helping further the wider sociological investigation into new religious movements in the United States. In the years following the study's publication, Berger continued to investigate the Pagan community, focusing her interest on the popularity of Wicca among teenagers. (en)
  • A Community of Witches: Contemporary Neo-Paganism and Witchcraft in the United States es un estudio sociológico de la comunidad wiccana y más ampliamente neopagana en el noreste de Estados Unidos. Fue escrito por la socióloga estadounidense Helen A. Berger, de la West Chester University de Pennsylvania y publicado por primera vez en 1999 por la Editorial de la Universidad de Carolina del Sur. Fue presentado como una parte de la serie de libros académicos titulada «Estudios en religión comparada», editada por Frederick M. Denny, un especialista en estudios religiosos de la Universidad de Chicago. Berger se interesó por estudiar el movimiento wiccano y pagano en 1986, cuando presentó una conferencia sobre el tema en la Biblioteca Pública de Boston. Posteriormente, conoció a miembros de la comunidad pagana de Nueva Inglaterra, emprendió el trabajo de campo en la comunidad wiccana local, el Círculo de la Luz, así como en una organización pagana más amplia, la Comunidad EarthSpirit (ESC). En total, Berger pasó once años de trabajo de campo entre la comunidad neopagana. Junto con el fundador de la ESC Andras Corban Arthen, Berger también emprendió una especie de «censo pagano» de Estados Unidos a mediados de los años 1990 para obtener más información sobre la comunidad pagana del país. Escrito sobre la base de entrevistas con más de cien practicantes wiccanos y paganos, estudia la literatura preexistente sobre el tema y una encuesta nacional de la comunidad pagana en Estados Unidos. En su trabajo, Berger interpreta la Wicca como una religión de la modernidad tardía, como opuesta a la posmodernidad, y la examina usando las teorías de los sociólogos Anthony Giddens y . Los temas tratados incluyen concepciones paganas del yo, el papel de los aquelarres y la comunidad pagana más amplia, el lugar de los niños en el movimiento y la creciente rutinización de la Wicca a través de la fundación de iglesias y clero organizado. Las reseñas académicas fueron, en su mayoría, positivas, pero varias plantearon preocupación por el uso incorrecto de la terminología por parte de Berger. Así, se señaló la importancia del estudio en el desarrollo de los estudios paganos como una disciplina académica y en ayudar a profundizar la investigación sociológica sobre los nuevos movimientos religiosos en los Estados Unidos. En los años siguientes a la publicación del estudio, Berger continuó investigando a la comunidad pagana y centró su interés en la popularidad de la Wicca entre los adolescentes. Revisores señaló la importancia del estudio en el desarrollo de estudios Pagan como una disciplina académica y ayudar a promover la investigación sociológica más amplia en los nuevos movimientos religiosos en los Estados Unidos. En los años siguientes a la publicación del estudio, Berger continuó la investigación de la comunidad pagana, centrando su interés en la popularidad de la Wicca entre los adolescentes. (es)
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  • "What is the Pagan Census Project? (en)
  • Why is it needed? (en)
  • The Pagan Census Project is an attempt to document the size and diversity of the contemporary Pagan movement as accurately as possible. Over the past thirty years, Paganism has exhibited a considerable growth in membership, but, given such factors as the lack of centralized organization within the Pagan movement and the relative anonymity sought by many of its adherents, it is very difficult to estimate how many of us there are ... (en)
  • There are several reasons why such a project is important. If we can document our numbers in some tangible way, we will be in a stronger position to attain more credibility as a religion and as a community. Greater credibility would enable us to better address issues of religious discrimination and social prejudice ; would give us more weight in addressing anti-Pagan stereotypes ... and it would give us greater access to influential forums from which Pagans have mostly been excluded." (en)
  • "This book is an exploration of the new religious movement of Neo-Paganism and Witchcraft as practiced in the United States among groups that include both women and men. My purpose is twofold: to examine Witchcraft as a religion of late modernity and to analyze the aging process of this new religion. In placing the Witchcraft movement within the context of late modernity, I have been influenced by Giddens's structuration theory and Beckford's work on religions of late modernity." (en)
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  • Helen A. Berger, in the opening preface (en)
  • An introduction to the Pagan Census form, Arthen and Berger (en)
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  • A Community of Witches: Contemporary Neo-Paganism and Witchcraft in the United States es un estudio sociológico de la comunidad wiccana y más ampliamente neopagana en el noreste de Estados Unidos. Fue escrito por la socióloga estadounidense Helen A. Berger, de la West Chester University de Pennsylvania y publicado por primera vez en 1999 por la Editorial de la Universidad de Carolina del Sur. Fue presentado como una parte de la serie de libros académicos titulada «Estudios en religión comparada», editada por Frederick M. Denny, un especialista en estudios religiosos de la Universidad de Chicago. (es)
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