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Dr Marion Bowman

Publications in Print include

‘From sanctity to celebrity? Relics in contemporary contexts’, in Tremlett, P.-F. (ed.) Afterlives (A151 Book 3) ( Milton Keynes, The Open University, 2012). 

‘Folklore, Religion and Contemporary Spirituality’ Introduction to Virtual Special Issue of Folkore, Folklore, Religion and Contemporary Spirituality 2011. Read this in PDF format

‘Understanding Glastonbury as a Site of Consumption’ in Gordon Lynch, Jolyon Mitchell, Anna Strhan (eds.), Religion, Media and Culture: A Reader. London: Routledge. 2011, 11-22

'Learning from experience: The value of analysing Avalon. Religion, 2009 39(2), pp. 161–168.

Glastonbury festival and the performance of remembrance’. DISKUS, 10. Read this online.

‘From Glastonbury to Hungary: Contemporary Integrative Spirituality and Vernacular Religion in Context’ in Passageways. From Hungarian Ethnography to European Ethnology and Sociocultural Anthropology. Gábor Vargyas, ed.. Department of European Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, The University of Pécs - L’Harmattan Publishing House, Budapest, 2009. pp.195-221

‘Glastonburytől  Magyarországig. Kortárs integratív spiritualitás és vernakuláris vallás’ in Átjárók. A magyar néprajztól az európai etnológiáig és a kulturális antropológiáig. Szerkesztette) Vargyas Gábor. L'Harmattan - Pécsi Tudományegyetem Néprajz - Kulturális Antropológia Tanszék, 2009 pp. 181-208.

‘Going with the Flow: Contemporary Pilgrimage in Glastonbury’ in Shrines and Pilgrimage in the Modern World: New Itineraries into the Sacred Peter Jan Margy, ed. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2008, pp. 241-280.

Arthur and Bridget in Avalon: Celtic Myth, Vernacular Religion and Contemporary Spirituality in Glastonbury Fabula, Journal of Folktale Studies, 48 (1/2) 2007: 1-17

‘A tale of two Celticities: sacred springs, legendary landscape and Celtic revival in Bath’ Australian Religious Studies Review, Special Issue on "Tradition as a Resource: Invention, Innovation, Inheritance", ed. Michael Hill, 20 (1), 2007: 95-117

‘The Holy Thorn Ceremony: Revival, Rivalry and Civil Religion in Glastonbury’ in Folklore 117, Issue 2, 2006:123-140 Read this online or download in PDF format.

‘Ancient Avalon, New Jerusalem, Heart Chakra of Planet Earth: Localisation and Globalisation in Glastonbury’ Numen, 52:2, 2005:157-190

‘Taking Stories Seriously: Vernacular Religion, Contemporary Spirituality and the Myth of Jesus in Glastonbury’ Temenos, 39-40, 2003-2004:125-142

‘Healing in the Spiritual Marketplace: Consumers, Courses and Credentialism’ reprinted in The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of New Age Religions, James R. Lewis, ed (Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 2004), 339-348

‘Phenomenology, fieldwork and folk religion’ reprinted (with newly written Afterword) in Religion: Empirical Studies, Steven Sutcliffe, ed. (Aldershot: Ashgate 2004), 3-18

‘Procession and Possession in Glastonbury: Continuity, Change and the Manipulation of Tradition’ Folklore (2004) 115:3, 1-13

‘Vernacular Religion and Nature: The “Bible of the Folk” Tradition in Newfoundland’ Folklore 114:3 (2003), 285-295

‘From Keltoi to cybercelts: continuity and change in Celtic identities’ in Globalization and Europe, Mark Pittaway, ed. (Milton Keynes: The Open University, 2003),107-165

‘Contemporary Celtic spirituality’ in Belief Beyond Boundaries, Jo Pearson, ed. (Aldershot & Milton Keynes: Ashgate & The Open University: 2002), 55-101

‘The People’s Princess: Religion and Politics in the Mourning for Diana,’ in Politics and Folk Religion, Gabor Barna, ed. (Szeged, Hungary: Department of Ethnology, University of Szeged, 2001)

‘Introduction’ (with Steven Sutcliffe) and ‘More of the same?: Christianity, Vernacular Religion and Alternative Spirituality in Glastonbury,’ in Beyond New Age: Exploring Alternative Spirituality, co-edited with Steven Sutcliffe (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2000),1-13; 83-104

‘Introduction’ and ‘The Need for Healing: A Bath Case Study’ in Healing and Religion, Marion Bowman, ed. (Middlesex: Hisarlik Press, 2000), ix-xii and 95-107

Pagan Identities, Special Issue of DISKUS, co-edited with Graham Harvey, DISKUS 6, 2000 (electronic journal)

Nature, the Natural and Pagan Pluralism,’ DISKUS 6, 2000

See also Open Research Online for further details of Marion Bowman’s research publications.

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Glastonbury Thorn, Wearyall Hill

Crone goddess photo

Street memorial, Bristol

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