What did the broadcast “Pagans: Ancient and Modern” contribute to your understanding of Paganism in America and elsewhere? What did you find most interesting, surprising, or controversial in the broadcast and/or readings on nature religion?
2) What does our textbook author identify as some of the distinguishing characteristics of “nature religions”?
3) How do nature religions tend to envision nature? In what ways do these views of nature differ from those of more “mainstream” religions in America?
6) Discuss the role of festivals in some nature religions.
8) What did the reading contribute to your understanding of Scientology? What did you find most interesting, surprising, or controversial in the reading on Scientology?