{"id":6393,"date":"2014-04-12T17:28:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-12T23:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6393"},"modified":"2014-04-12T17:36:56","modified_gmt":"2014-04-12T23:36:56","slug":"the-pagan-census-keeps-counting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6393","title":{"rendered":"The Pagan Census Keeps Counting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Helen Berger<\/a>, co-author of Voices from the Pagan Census <\/a><\/em>(2003) is currently working on a new version of the survey. A multi-year survey like hers offers more information than a one-time “snapshot.”<\/p>\n

Working with another quantitative scholar of Paganism, Jim Lewis, she has put together a new survey with new questions: the “Pagan Census Revisited II<\/a>.” It runs on Survey Monkey, and you can take it at that link. This version has basic demographic questions plus some on spiritual experiences.<\/p>\n

With the Australian scholar Doug Ezzy she has written “Witchcraft: Changing Patterns of Participation in the Early Twenty-first Century,” published in The Pomegranate<\/em> in 2009. <\/em>(Abstract and link here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Helen Berger, co-author of Voices from the Pagan Census (2003) is currently working on a new version of the survey. A multi-year survey like hers offers more information than a one-time “snapshot.” Working with another quantitative scholar of Paganism, Jim Lewis, she has put together a new survey with new questions: the “Pagan Census Revisited […]<\/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":[5,4],"class_list":["post-6393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-paganism","tag-scholarship"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-1F7","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1203,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1203","url_meta":{"origin":6393,"position":0},"title":"The Pagan Census, revisited","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"September 5, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Three researchers are working to update Voices from the Pagan Census: A National Survey of Witches and Neo-Pagans in the United States, originally published in 2003.Helen Berger, one of the researchers, writes, \"This survey builds on an earlier one completed over twenty years ago, primarily in the United States, which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"American religion\"","block_context":{"text":"American religion","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=american-religion"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=chascli-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1570034885","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7802,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=7802","url_meta":{"origin":6393,"position":1},"title":"Take a Survey on Changes in Pagan Attitudes","author":"Chas S. 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