Date of Award
Spring 2023
Degree Type
Thesis
Director of Thesis
Dr. Matthew Brashears
First Reader
Dr. Andrea Henderson
Second Reader
Dr. Andrea Henderson
Abstract
A rise in online religious communities and the growth of so-called ‘Old World’ religions are reflected in the internet’s subcultures of Neopaganism, a growing religious movement that has been documented in America since the 1960s. The religions under this umbrella movement vary drastically and include belief systems such as Wicca, Druidry, and deity worship. Belief systems under this movement lack the traditional hierarchy found in structured religion and lack a singular sacred text. As such, believers usually find and support one another not through a physical sacred place of meeting, but through an online community that acts as sacred space. In these autonomous online sub-communities, do such belief systems exist consistently, or do they change to meet the needs of each individual online community? A deep dive into online Lokeans, a Neopagan who worships the deity Loki, through log-linear modeling shows the patterns and differences in this religion across online communities.
First Page
1
Last Page
44
Recommended Citation
Bernstein, Mary, "That’s MY Deity: An Examination of Online Lokean Cultures through Log-Linear Modeling" (2023). Senior Theses. 594.
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/senior_theses/594
Rights
© 2023, Mary Bernstein
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