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ECOLOGICAL ASPECT IN IDEOLOGY AND PRACTICE OF AMERICAN NEO-PAGANISM
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Asya Alievna Sarakaeva
Astrakhan' State University
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August 31, 2012
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Abstract.
The author considers ecological component in the philosophy of modern American neo-pagan groups, analyzes the reasons of ecological questions high significance for this cultural-religious movement, studies the various sources of neo-pagan environmentalism, pays particular attention to those ways of ecological problems solution, which are offered by neo-pagans, and determines the correlation between a neo-pagan's gender status and his (her) position on an ecological problem.
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Key words and phrases:
неоязычество
экотеология
экофеминизм
религия природы
гендерно мотивированные подходы к решению экологических проблем
neo-paganism
eco-theology
eco-feminism
religion of nature
gender-grounded approaches to ecological problems solution
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