Pagan Theology: Paganism as a World Religion.(Book Reviews)(Book Review) From: Sociology of Religion | Date: September 22, 2004| Author: Neitz, Mary Jo | COPYRIGHT 2004 Association for the Sociology of Religion. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Pagan Theology: Paganism as a World Religion, by MICHAEL YORK. New York: New York University Press. 2003, x +239 pp., $40.00 (cloth).

In this book Michael York argues that paganism ought to be counted as one of the world religions. Using figures from David Barrett's World Christian Encyclopedia, York claims six percent of the world's population to be pagan, thus giving paganism its place among the six world religions. He also argues that certain pagan practices are unive...