Essays about: "Wicca"

Found 4 essays containing the word Wicca.

  1. 1. Wicca and Witchcraft on Instagram : a study of femininity and empowerment within the wicca and witchcraft movements as portrayed on Instagram

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Siri Sofie Premfors; [2022]
    Keywords : Wicca; Witchcraft; Instagram; Feminism; Empowerment;

    Abstract : In this essay, I have examined how wicca and witchcraft interacts with femininity and female empowerment. Wicca and witchcraft have become popular new-age movements which has a large presence online, where different accounts post content relation to their beliefs and practises. READ MORE

  3. 2. Women's empowerment in Neo-Paganism : A study of power and gender and what we can learn about women’s empowerment in Neo- Paganism.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Ana-Marija Spajic; [2020]
    Keywords : Neo-Pagan; Neo-Paganism; Wicca; Druid; Asatru; Odinism; Feminism; Power; Empowerment; Religion; New Religious Movement; NRM;

    Abstract : Too often women have a secondary place in religious institutions, with no possibility to influence or come into leading positions. This thesis aims to understand women’s empowerment by searching for such examples in Neo-Paganism, a growing New Religious Movement (NRM) in the west. READ MORE

  4. 3. Sacred Polarities? Exploring the Use of Gendered Language in Three Generations of Contemporary Paganism - From 1954 to 2017

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Author : Loke Lundin; [2018-01-31]
    Keywords : paganism; gender; transgender; discourse; gender essentialsim; polarity; LGBTQ; Wicca; Reclaiming Witchcraft; Radical Faeries; Gerald Gardner; Doreen Valiente; Janet Stewart Farrar; Starhawk; Harry Hay;

    Abstract : This thesis is a preparatory study for future research, and explores the use of gendered language within pagan witchcraft movements between the years 1954-2017, with the purpose of establishing if, and how, the understanding of gender, and the use of gendered language have undergone any changes over time, to accommodate for the changes in the gender discourse of Western society overall. Specific focus is placed on the accommodation of transgender and gender non-conforming identities. READ MORE

  5. 4. The priestess ascending: subversion and hegemony in Wiccan constructions of gender

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

    Author : Manon Hedenborg White; [2012]
    Keywords : Wicca; gender; femininity; Butler; Connell; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : The image of the priestess in Wicca, a duotheistic Pagan mystery and witchcraft tradition founded in the mid-20th century by British civil servant Gerald Gardner, has changed dramatically during the last few decades. Wiccans work together in autonomous groups, traditionally lead by a High Priestess and a High Priest. READ MORE