Abstract

Neither the construction of Pagan identities nor academic reflection on that process takes place in a vacuum. A convergence of academic and participant understandings problematises Pagan discourses about issues of history, 'race', ethnicity, gender and other facets of identities. This article makes clear that the overlap between particular Pagan identities and intolerant and/or malevolent tendencies in contemporary Britain renders explicit consideration of this area a matter of urgency, particularly in relation to questions of Pagan ethics.