{"id":10351,"date":"2019-04-11T16:32:34","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T22:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10351"},"modified":"2019-04-12T17:12:16","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T23:12:16","slug":"a-survey-on-pagan-metaphysics-and-ethics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=10351","title":{"rendered":"A Survey on Pagan Metaphysics and Ethics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This comes from Gwendolyn Reese, whose work has appeared several times i<\/a>n The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She writes, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The purposes of this study are to explore the relationship between how the metaphysical and theological beliefs held by Pagans\/Witches\/Heathens relate to each other and to beliefs about ethics, as well as certain personal issues like your own sense of self-efficacy and the centrality of your spiritual path to your personal identity. There are questions in this survey that are designed specifically for the Pagan\/Witch\/Heathen community and others that were previously used in other studies with the general population and allow for comparisons. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I acknowledge that language is problematic and previous research has revealed that there is no consensus on the label\/s to apply to the groups that are often talked about as Pagans\/Witches\/Heathens, etc., although typically we know who we are.  The term that is most commonly adopted but far from universal is \u201cPagan.\u201d For the purposes of this survey, \u201cPagan\u201d is used as an umbrella term to make it easier to read.  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

You may take the survey here<\/a>. It is projected to require about 25 minutes of your time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This comes from Gwendolyn Reese, whose work has appeared several times in The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies. She writes, The purposes of this study are to explore the relationship between how the metaphysical and theological beliefs held by Pagans\/Witches\/Heathens relate to each other and to beliefs about ethics, as well as certain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[137,10,5,4],"class_list":["post-10351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-academia","tag-american-religion","tag-paganism","tag-scholarship"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-2GX","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7802,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=7802","url_meta":{"origin":10351,"position":0},"title":"Take a Survey on Changes in Pagan Attitudes","author":"Chas S. 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