Paganistan: Contemporary Pagan Community in Minnesota's Twin Cities - Paperback

by Murphy Pizza (Author)

Paganistan - a moniker adapted by the Twin Cities Contemporary Pagan community - is the title of a history and ethnography of a regionally unique, urban, and vibrant community in Minnesota. As the first ever study of this long-lived community, this book sets out to document Paganistan as another aspect of the increasing prevalence of Paganism in th

Author Biography

Murphy Pizza is an anthropologist specializing in religious studies, visual culture, and ethnic studies. She received her doctorate in anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2009, and currently teaches courses in liberal arts and sciences at MCAD, St. Catherine University, and Minnesota School of Business. She co-edited The Brill Handbook of Contemporary Paganism (2009) with James R. Lewis, and has contributed to many other book and journal publications in the fields of New Religions and Contemporary Paganism. She lives and works in the Twin Cities.