Teenage Witches

HELEN A. BERGER is a professor of sociology at West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania.DOUGLAS EZZY is a senior lecturer in sociology at the University of Tasmania in Australia.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter One - The World of Teenage WitchcraftChapter Two - Coming Home to WitchcraftChapter Three - The Magical SelfChapter Four - Within the Circle: Community and FamilyChapter Five - The Goddess Is Alive: Feminism and EnvironmentalismChapter Six - If It Harm None, Do As Thou WillChapter Seven - Teenage Witchcraft: Why, What, and Where To?Appendix A: Interview QuestionsAppendix B: Information on IntervieweesNotesWorks CitedIndex

This groundbreaking study, which looks at Australia, the UK, and the US, is thoughtful, engaged, and articulate...Interviewees speak candidly and insightfully about their experiences in a religion that continues to be misrepresented in mainstream culture. Recommended.  This groundbreaking study, which looks at Australia, the UK, and the US, is thoughtful, engaged, and articulate...Interviewees speak candidly and insightfully about their experiences in a religion that continues to be misrepresented in mainstream culture. Recommended.  This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of Witchcraft and its appeal among real-life young people on three continents. It's a fascinating story of young practitioners who find in alternative spiritual practices a way to affirm diversity and respect for all people. - Lynn Schofield Clark (author of From Angels to Aliens: Teenagers, the Media, and the Supernatural) This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of Witchcraft and its appeal among real-life young people on three continents. It's a fascinating story of young practitioners who find in alternative spiritual practices a way to affirm diversity and respect for all people. - Lynn Schofield Clark (author of From Angels to Aliens: Teenagers, the Media, and the Supernatural) This book is informative, engaging, and enchanting. The interweaving of the vignettes and quotes from the authors' interviews is masterful. - James R. Lewis (author of Legitimating New Religions) This book is informative, engaging, and enchanting. The interweaving of the vignettes and quotes from the authors' interviews is masterful. - James R. Lewis (author of Legitimating New Religions) This is an engrossing book that tells us not only about teenage witches, but also about important trends in post-modern society, with a significant proportion of young Westerners adopting alternative worldviews and lifestyles. - Eileen Barker (Professor Emeritus of Sociology, London School of Economics) This is an engrossing book that tells us not only about teenage witches, but also about important trends in post-modern society, with a significant proportion of young Westerners adopting alternative worldviews and lifestyles. - Eileen Barker (Professor Emeritus of Sociology, London School of Economics) In this evocative and important study, Helen Berger and Douglas Ezzy challenge stereotypes and bring to life the worlds of meaning created by teen witches. By exploring the beliefs, rituals, media habits, family backgrounds and personal struggles of these teenagers, the authors make a convincing case for the ways in which self-transformation and religious identity go hand in hand. - Sarah M. Pike (author of Earthly Bodies, Magical Selves: Contemporary Pagans and the Search for) In this evocative and important study, Helen Berger and Douglas Ezzy challenge stereotypes and bring to life the worlds of meaning created by teen witches. By exploring the beliefs, rituals, media habits, family backgrounds and personal struggles of these teenagers, the authors make a convincing case for the ways in which self-transformation and religious identity go hand in hand. - Sarah M. Pike (author of Earthly Bodies, Magical Selves: Contemporary Pagans and the Search for) This book is thoroughly enjoyable to read, introducing the reader to a group of thoughtful, ethically concerned, and charming young people. - Brian J. Gibbons (Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft) This book is thoroughly enjoyable to read, introducing the reader to a group of thoughtful, ethically concerned, and charming young people. - Brian J. Gibbons (Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft)