{"id":7802,"date":"2016-02-28T12:08:53","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T19:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=7802"},"modified":"2018-06-15T12:44:16","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T18:44:16","slug":"take-a-survey-on-changes-in-pagan-attitudes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=7802","title":{"rendered":"Take a Survey on Changes in Pagan Attitudes"},"content":{"rendered":"

This survey comes from Jim Lewis<\/a>, a Pagan-studies scholar who has done a lot of good work over the years. He writes,<\/p>\n

I have conducted several Internet surveys with Helen Berger — The Pagan Census Revisited (PCR) and a follow up, The Pagan Census Revisited II (PCR-II).<\/p>\n

Since the PCR-II (in 2013), I have had new research questions emerge. This has prompted me to construct a new questionnaire, which I am referring to simply as Pagan III<\/a>.
\nPart of what I am interested in is obtaining a partial measure of changes across time, using a simple contrast between the present moment and the time period when respondents started self-identifying as Pagan. The questionnaire also contains items that measure spiritual & paranormal beliefs, as well as a few items that measure ‘conspiracy’ beliefs.<\/p>\n

As the questionnaire was being created, I consulted and received feedback from both Helen Berger and my colleague Murph Pizza, as well as from my Norwegian colleague, Asbj\u00f8rn Dyrendal (who has a research interest in conspiracy).<\/p>\n

In part, I am gathering information for a paper that will be delivered at the upcoming Euroean Association for the Study of Religion meeting in June, but I am also thinking in terms of additional papers further in the future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I answered the survey, and it is a little different from some I have seen in the past, mainly in its focus on changes in practice and attitudes over a person’s time as a contemporary Pagan. The only people who might have trouble with it are second or third-generation Pagans, since it presumes a “conversion” experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This survey comes from Jim Lewis, a Pagan-studies scholar who has done a lot of good work over the years. He writes, I have conducted several Internet surveys with Helen Berger — The Pagan Census Revisited (PCR) and a follow up, The Pagan Census Revisited II (PCR-II). Since the PCR-II (in 2013), I have had […]<\/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-7802","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-21Q","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6393,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6393","url_meta":{"origin":7802,"position":0},"title":"The Pagan Census Keeps Counting","author":"Chas S. 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