Get Religion dips its toe into pagan waters

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[LyricFox]

Unpacking the pagan rosary

http://www.getreligion.org/?p=2344

[Darkhawk]

I haven't been overly impressed in the past with Get Religion's occasional commentaries on modern pagans, but that one was pretty good.

[LyricFox]

I haven't been overly impressed in the past with Get Religion's occasional commentaries on modern pagans, but that one was pretty good.

I enjoy most of their stuff, but this is also the first time I've ever seen them head into commentary on any part of paganism.

[SunflowerP]

Unpacking the pagan rosary

I was pleased to see that myself.  In terms of reportage, the article was pretty good (I winced a bit, but that was about "Catholic" Persephone-worhippers - well, one - and no fault of the reporter's) but not really remarkable; I think GR was on the lookout for some Pagan reportage after Jason Pitzl-Waters of The Wild Hunt called them on the lack of it the other day.

I don't expect to see much critiquing of Paganism-related journalism there, since the amount of reporting done on Paganism is a wee drop in the bucket as compared to the total amount of religious journalism (not just that we're a minority, but also that we're not engaged in acrimonious schism, or running for President - quiet folks, we, minding out own business  ).  But I'd like to see a bit more, because a lot of the low-quality reporting of Pagan-related subjects we see isn't just because the press doesn't get our religions, they're classic examples of how the press doesn't get religion, period - which, of course, is GR's raison d'etre.

Sunflower

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