Paganism

This dissertation is an examination of the Emperor Constantine's religious building program as presented in the writings of Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea. I seek to redescribe the range of Constantine's construction and destruction activities in a way that addresses some limitatio…

Astrology was fundamental to the cultural and religious "furniture", as it were, of Greco-Roman society. The teachings and practice of astrology, its persistent popularity, and its close connections with other forms of pagan religion posed numerous challenges for early Christian…

This study was of the lived experiences of women who have transitioned from Christianity to Paganism. The 15 respondents ranged in age from their middle 30s to middle 60s. The researcher ran an advertisement in a magazine with a target readership of women who identified themselv…

The work addresses the manner in which belief develops from a Norse Pagan belief structure to a Christian one throughout conversion and Christianization in Iceland. Here the term "belief" suggests something different from the more commonly studied socio-political aspects of conv…