This essay aims to provide an analysis of three wiccan bloggers descriptions of their religious lives. Namely how they present the relationship between wicca and nature, and whether nature conservation and environmental issues are described as religious activities and if the language makes use of religious arguments. In an attempt to present a selection of core concepts shared by the bloggers that could be used for educational purposes. The essay first gives an introduction to the topic, followed by its aims and research questions. It then presents the methods and theory used. Which is a mixture between Fairclough's (1995) critical discourse analysis and the descriptions of content analysis of Alan Bryman (2012). Following is a presentation of the research field surrounding wiccan religious practice, wicca for educational purposes and also research discussing the core concepts of wiccan religious practice. The results and analysis are both presented in a three part structure based upon the mixture of methods used. Where the word analysis is first presented, followed by content and later a qualitative analysis. Lastly the essay concludes with a didactical reflection and the conclusion of the essay. The didactical reflection aims to provide thoughts on the validity of the results place in education and to argue the importance of wiccan education. The conclusion of this essay determines that there are a core concepts that link the bloggers in their descriptions of their religion and that the language used surrounding environmental issues and nature preservation are deeply intertwined with religious arguments and themes.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hh-45588 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Forsberg, Marcus |
| Publisher | Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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