Providing an intensive and up-to-date analysis of far-right, ethno-purist and nationalistic currents as well as the inclusive visions for social and ecological change, this book explores the complexities of contemporary Slavic and Germanic Paganisms. This timely volume re-evaluates what we know about contemporary Paganism, particularly addressing the social threat and impact of radicalism. In light of the war in Ukraine, the authors deconstruct heritage narratives that are at the heart of current geopolitical and nationalist social tensions in Central and Eastern Europe including the West versus East problem. With suggestions on how we can mitigate and overcome the potential security threats connected to radical forms of Paganisms, this book shows how minority groups are advancing solutions to global challenges. Exploring multiple perspectives through a diverse blend of contributors, this volume bridges the gap between academia, governmental institutions and Pagan communities, providing a rich resource for all parties. Highlighting broader religious and security issues, this volume is the first to consider the dialogue between ethno-exclusivist and inclusivist positioning within contemporary Slavic and Germanic Paganisms.

Autorentext
Kaarina Aitamurto is University lecturer at the Aleksanteri Institute at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Ross Downing is a religion and security specialist active in Europe and Eurasia.

Inhalt
Introduction, Ross Downing (Independent Scholar, UK) and Kaarina Aitamurto (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Section I: Shifting Foundations: How the Core Features of Paganism are Changing
Section Introduction, Ross Downing (Independent Scholar, UK) and Kaarina Aitamurto (University of Helsinki, Finland)

1. The Rise of Inclusive Heathenry: How Movements Respond to Political Currents, Jennifer Snook (Grinnell College, USA)

2. Deradicalisation of Czech Pagan Black Metal: Decrease of militant anti-Christianity and Far Right tendencies, Miroslav Vrzal, (Masaryk University, Czechia)
   3. Innangard: Folkish-enabling concepts in inclusive Heathenry, Richard Blackett and Denise Vast (Asatru UK)
   4. Narratives in the dialogue of the Use and Abuse of Rune Magic in Contemporary Paganisms, Angie Padilla (Independent researcher)

   5. Grandsons of Dazhbog and Svarog: ridnovirs in the socio-cultural space of Ukraine, Oksana Smorzhevska (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine)
   6. Purifying the Rodzimowierstwo: Social Boundaries Old and New, Mariusz Filip, (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland)
      7. The Changing Faces of Paganisms in Slavic nations, Kaarina Aitamurto (University of Helsinki, Finland) and Ross Downing (Independent Scholar, UK)

   Section 2 II: Prescient Threats - Realities of Social and Real Violence from Pagan Extremism
   Section Introduction, Ross Downing (Independent Scholar, UK) and Kaarina Aitamurto (University of Helsinki, Finland)

   8. When Perun Goes to War: An Overview of Pagan Ethos and Rituals in the Ukrainian Army, Adrien Nonjon, (Research Center for Europe-Eurasia, France)
      9. Locating the Role of Paganism in Far-Right Groups on the Russian Socio-Political Landscape, Victoria Hudson (King's College London, UK)
      10. Selective Frith: Meeting Heathen Worldbuilding in English/Welsh Prisons, Richard McDonald (*His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service*, UK)
   9. AllatRa and Creative Society: cult-like Slavic Pagan off-shoot, Jakub Ludvík (Charles University,) Prague and Pavol Kosnác (DEKK Institute, Slovakia and Charles University, Czechia)
      12. Developing CT Awareness and Negotiating Sensitivity to Paganisms, Sgt. Andrew Pardy (Police Pagan Association, UK)
   10. Ridnovirstvo in the Ukrainian Context: An Objective Perspective and Identification of Potential Threats, Taras Tarasiuk (Democratic Initiatives Foundation (DIF), Ukraine)
   11. The Research-Political Vegvísir: Navigating Contemporary Pagan and Far-Right, Saga Rosenström (*University of Helsinki, Finland) and Barbora Ziacková , (University of Oxford, UK)*

   Section III: Innovations: New Approaches Indicating Innate Solutions
   Section Introduction, Ross Downing (Independent Scholar, UK) and Kaarina Aitamurto (University of Helsinki, Finland)

3. Where are the Holy Trees and Sacred Groves in Heathenry? Joseph Stanley Hopkins (Heathen practitioner and independent scholar, USA)
   
   16. Nithing Poles: a letter of Criticism on Moral Passivity in Paganisms, Hrafnsunna Celeste Ross (Heathen Practitioner, Iceland)
       17.. Etenismo: Innovations and Challenges in Latin American Heathenry, Santiago David Guitierrez (Heathen Practitioner, Colombia)
4. The Winds of the Future Awake: Pagan Women in Ukraine, Maryna Liuta (Suspilne Kultura Radio, Ukraine)
   
   19. The Concept of Mir as a tool for Alleviating Political Conflicts in Polish Rodzimowierstwo, Piotr Grochowski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland)
   20. Hacking the Self: Germanic Animism's Cyberpunk Future, Natalia Lee (*University of Sussex, UK)
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       Summary:* Concrete Actions to Produce G/SICP Resiliency Against Extremists, Ross Downing (Independent Scholar, UK) and Kaarina Aitamurto (University of Helsinki, Finland)*