An Introduction to Paganism

The term “pagan” is an extremely broad one, covering a wide swath of different religions. As one pagan community organizer put it, “Ask twelve pagans what paganism is, and you’ll get thirteen answers.” Derived from the Latin paganus, meaning people who live in rural areas, the title was used to refer to all non-Christian faiths, with a heavy implication that such people worshiped “false gods.” As early as the nineteenth century, the label was purposefully adopted by people who chose to identify as pagans, and has since been applied to a diverse spectrum of faiths that have their roots in pre-Christian forms of worship.

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