http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2008/02/parsing-pew-numbers.html A modern Pagan perspective Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2008/02/parsing-pew-numbers.html#comment-1742 The Myth of Paganism’s “Growth” « The Pagan Hater Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:47:05 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2008/02/parsing-the-pew-numbers.html#comment-1742 [...] People also talk about the 2007 Pew Forum data a lot. I don’t think it tells us there are 1.2M pagans. I think it tells us there are 803,040 Wiccans and Pagans, and 401,520…somethings (probably adherents of the New Age religions above) that none of us would call Pagan. [...] [...] People also talk about the 2007 Pew Forum data a lot. I don’t think it tells us there are 1.2M pagans. I think it tells us there are 803,040 Wiccans and Pagans, and 401,520…somethings (probably adherents of the New Age religions above) that none of us would call Pagan. [...]

]]> http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2008/02/parsing-pew-numbers.html#comment-1739 Let us not merely mourn, let us honor, let us celebrate! « Chrysalis Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:11:22 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2008/02/parsing-the-pew-numbers.html#comment-1739 [...] “We believe that Neopaganism is eventually going to become a mainstream religious movement, with hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of members, and that this will be A Good Thing, both for the individuals involved and for the survival of the [...] [...] “We believe that Neopaganism is eventually going to become a mainstream religious movement, with hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of members, and that this will be A Good Thing, both for the individuals involved and for the survival of the [...]

]]> http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2008/02/parsing-pew-numbers.html#comment-1738 The Wild Hunt » Paganism, Magic, and Witchcraft: It’s Academic Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:23:17 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2008/02/parsing-the-pew-numbers.html#comment-1738 [...] to talk a bit more sensibly about some of the issues she raised, and I mentioned that there are a larger number of Pagans in the U.S. than some might think, she rolled her eyes and said “I can’t think that’s in any way a good thing.” As I began to [...] [...] to talk a bit more sensibly about some of the issues she raised, and I mentioned that there are a larger number of Pagans in the U.S. than some might think, she rolled her eyes and said “I can’t think that’s in any way a good thing.” As I began to [...]

]]> http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2008/02/parsing-pew-numbers.html#comment-1737 The Wild Hunt » Top Ten Pagan Stories of 2009 (Part One) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:01:53 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2008/02/parsing-the-pew-numbers.html#comment-1737 [...] not counting) the Pagans: Just as the Pew Forum’s 2008 U.S. Religious Landscape Survey gave us new insights into just how many Pagans there are in America, so too does the release of Trinity College’s American Religious Identification Survey data in [...] [...] not counting) the Pagans: Just as the Pew Forum’s 2008 U.S. Religious Landscape Survey gave us new insights into just how many Pagans there are in America, so too does the release of Trinity College’s American Religious Identification Survey data in [...]

]]> http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2008/02/parsing-pew-numbers.html#comment-1736 The Wild Hunt » Are Cascadian “Nones” Worshiping Nature? Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:00:15 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2008/02/parsing-the-pew-numbers.html#comment-1736 [...] for thought to those who are interested in the state of religion in the United States of America. In 2008 you had the release of the Pew Forum’s U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, and then at the beginning of 2009 you had [...] [...] for thought to those who are interested in the state of religion in the United States of America. In 2008 you had the release of the Pew Forum’s U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, and then at the beginning of 2009 you had [...]

]]> http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2008/02/parsing-pew-numbers.html#comment-1735 The Wild Hunt » Assessing ARIS Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:21:16 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2008/02/parsing-the-pew-numbers.html#comment-1735 [...] of the (American) pie. That in turn seems to back up my earlier assertion that there are at least one million modern Pagans in America (probably more like 1.5 million), add in the over half-million UUs (around 20% of whom are [...] [...] of the (American) pie. That in turn seems to back up my earlier assertion that there are at least one million modern Pagans in America (probably more like 1.5 million), add in the over half-million UUs (around 20% of whom are [...]

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