An explanation and understanding of Wiccan ritual: Approaching a deviant religious discourse in the modern West

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dc.contributor.authorWagar, Samuel
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-06T23:54:31Z
dc.date.available2026-02-06T23:54:31Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractThis article applies Foucault's idea of heterotopia and Verter's extension of Bourdieu's cultural capital / religious capital to the foundation rituals of the Wiccan religion. Wicca as a feminist, body-positive, and sexuality positive religion supports challenging alternatives to the cultural status quo and accumulates religious and cultural capital for its members. It can legitimately be seen as a contra-hegemonic religious movement in gender and sexuality.
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduate
dc.identifier.citationWagar, S. (2005). An explanation and understanding of Wiccan ritual: Approaching a deviant religious discourse in the modern West. Illumine, 4(1), 26–34. https://doi.org/10.18357/illumine4120051588
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.18357/illumine4120051588
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/23208
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIllumine
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.titleAn explanation and understanding of Wiccan ritual: Approaching a deviant religious discourse in the modern West
dc.typeArticle

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