Chas S. Clifton

Chas S. Clifton is an American academic in religious studies and nature writing. He currently holds a teaching position in English at Colorado State University-Pueblo. Prior to this appointment he taught at Pueblo Community College. He is the author and editor of several books on the history of contemporary Paganism and Wicca and edits both The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies (a peer-reviewed religious studies journal) and the Pagan Studies Series by AltaMira Press. He serves on the steering committee of the American Academy of Religion's Pagan Studies Group.

Selected Publications

• Ghost Tales of Cripple Creek (1983) Little London Pr, ISBN 0936564296, ISBN 0-936564-29-6
• Encyclopedia of Heresies and Heretics (1992) ABC-Clio Inc, ISBN 0874366003, ISBN 0-87436-600-3
• (Editor) Witchcraft Today, Book One: Witchcraft Today the Modern Craft Movement (1992) Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd, ISBN 0875423779, ISBN 0-87542-377-9
• (Editor) Witchcraft Today Book Two: Modern Rites of Passage (1993) Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd, ISBN 0875423787, ISBN 0-87542-378-7
• (Editor) Witchcraft Today, Book Three: Shamanism and Witchcraft (1995) Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd, ISBN 1567181503, ISBN 1-56718-150-3
• (Editor) Witchraft today, Book Four: Living Between Two Worlds: Challenges of the Modern Witch (1996) Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd, ISBN 1567181511, ISBN 1-56718-151-1
• Sacred Mask Sacred Dance (with Evan John Jones) (1997) Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd, ISBN 1567183735, ISBN 1-56718-373-5
• 'The Significance of Aradia.' In Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches: A New Translation, edited by Mario Pazzaglini and Dina Pazzaglini, 59-80. Phoenix Publishing, 1998. ISBN 0-919345-34-4.
• 'Smokey and the Sacred: Nature Religion, Civil Religion, and American Paganism,' Ecotheology: The Journal of Religion, Nature and the Environment, 8(1) (August 2003): 50-60.
• The Paganism Reader. Edited by Chas S. Clifton and Graham Harvey (2004) Softcover: Routledge, ISBN 0415303532, ISBN 0-415-30353-2; Hardcover: Routledge, ISBN 0415303524, ISBN 0-415-30352-4
• Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca And Contemporary Paganism in America (2006) Softcover: Rowman & Littlefield . ISBN 0759102023, ISBN 0-7591-0202-3; Hardcover: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0759102015, ISBN 0-7591-0201-5

Reviews and Assessments

• Sean McCloud, book review of Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in America H-Net American Studies, September 2006.
• W. Michael Ashcraft. book review of Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in America. Magic, Ritual & Witchcraft, 2 (1) (Summer 2007): 82-84.
• W. Michael Ashcraft. book review of The Paganism Reader. Nova Religio 11(1) (August 2007): 133-135.
• Jon P. Bloch. book review of Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in America. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 47 (1) (March 2008):171–173
• Murph Pizza. book review of Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in America. The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies 9(2) (2007): 200-201.
• Cliff Landis. book review of Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in America. Cliff Landis Net, 10 January 2008.

See also

• Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches
• Wicca

Notes

References

• 1999 interview in The Wiccan/Pagan Times
• Profile in Morganna Davies and Aradia Lynch, Keepers of the Flame, (2001) Olympian Press ISBN 978-0970901309
• Colorado State University-Pueblo Faculty page

External links

• Letter from Hardscrabble Creek Blog
• Chas Clifton's Writings on Paganism, Wicca, and Nature Religion
• The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies