Her Hidden Children
ISBN 978-0759102026 | | |
Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in America is a historical study of
AltaMira Press
in 2005.
Her Hidden Children was reviewed in a number of academic journals.
Background
In 1999, the English historian Ronald Hutton of the University of Bristol had published his own study of Wiccan history, The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft.
Reception and recognition
The book received generally positive reviews from a number of academic journals.[1][2][3]
References
- S2CID 162516806.
Clifton's book does not cover everything. He excludes Pagans who look to ancient cultures, like the Celts, for their symbols and rituals. He also leaves out feminist spirituality, which is closely linked to Wicca and Paganism. But he does an admirable job of providing for the first time a formal history of the movement.
- ISSN 1528-0268.
Her Hidden Children is an important and welcome contribution to academic and non-scholar Pagans alike.
- ISSN 0021-8294.
Clifton, an English Professor at Colorado State University, provides an account of the rise of Wicca and Paganism in the United States that focuses not on social upheaval so much as on popular cultural symbols and artifacts, key individuals, and popular texts as instrumental in the said rise...Clifton's is a book that could enliven courses in popular culture, as well as courses in religion.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-0-7591-0202-6.
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