Atheism in Five Minutes - Teemu Taira
19. Are Pagans and Satanists Really Atheists?
Atheism in Five Minutes - Teemu Taira
Jesper Aagaard Petersen [+]
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Associate Professor and Head of Research, Department of Teacher Education
Description
To answer the question of the relation between Pagans, Satanists and Atheists, the chapter unpacks implicit assumptions, reductive judgments and conflations of the three. It then examines atheism and anti-theism as found within Pagan and Satanic milieux. Neither Pagans nor Satanists are merely atheists; atheists are not necessarily heathens or Satanists either.