Feb 5
Dear Leo,
I teach religious studies. I am neither Christian nor Wiccan. Your statement about Wiccan "respect" for other religions is as naive as is the respect officially shown other religions by official representatives of mainstream religions. Wiccans would not be Wiccans if they didn't think that their beliefs were right and the beliefs of Christians wrong. There may be commonly held beliefs, but religious folks are no more relativistic about their convictions--and also their practices--than nationalists are about their nationality.
Please do spare us your silliness. You sound like the Archbishop of Canterbury, just less pompous.
Sincerely,
Robert
Robert Segal
Sixth Century Chair in Religious Studies
University of Aberdeen
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Headline from the Daily Mail. The war on Wicca continues:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1353517/Catholic-Church-issues-guide-convert-Harry-Potter-witches-Christianity.html
I was wondering where the Wiccan guide to converting Christians was, then I remembered: Wiccans respect the spiritual choices of other people.
Best wishes,
Leo
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Dr Leo Ruickbie, PhD, MA, BA (Hons), AKC
Author:
Witchcraft Out of the Shadows (Robert Hale, 2004; 2nd ed., 2011)
"Witchcraft Out of the Shadows is an engaging book which deserves to be the benchmark for all future analyses of the Craft." - Alan Richardson
Faustus: The Life and Times of a Renaissance Magician (The History Press, 2009)
"Dr Ruickbie has re-evaluated and contextualised the sources of the Faust tradition from a position of authority. The result is a work of meticulous scholarship that can be read as a gripping page-turner." - Professor Osman Durrani
The Paranormal (Constable & Robinson, forthcoming)
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