Michael York

Dr. Michael York, Professor Emeritus from Bath Spa University and University of Wales Trinity Saint David, is a sociologist of religion whose work focuses on new religious movements and, in particular, New Age and Paganism. He is the author of The Roman Festival Calendar of Numa Pompilius (Peter Lang, 1986), The Emerging Network: A Sociology of the New Age and Neo‑pagan Movements (Rowman & Littlefield, 1995), The Divine versus the Asurian: An Interpretation of Indo-European Cult and Myth (Rowman & Littlefield, 1995), Historical Dictionary of New Age Movements (Scarecrow, 2004) and Paganism as a World Religion: Pagan Theology (New York University Press, 2003), Pagan Ethics (Springer, 2016) and Pagan Mysticism (Cambridge Scholars, 2019). His articles and reviews have appeared in such journals as Journal of Contemporary Religion, The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies, Word: Journal of the International Linguistic Association, Naos: Notes and Materials for the Linguistic Study of the Sacred, The Journal of Indo‑European Studies, DISKUS, Social Compass, Nova Religio, Method and Theory in the Study of Religion, The Journal of the Irish Society for the Academic Study of Religions, Sociology of Religion, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, International Journal of Hindu Studies and Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture. He is Co-director of the Academy for Cultural and Educational Studies (London) and Director of the Amsterdam Center for Eurindic Studies (Amsterdam), and he has served as Co-chair of the Contemporary Pagan Studies Consultation for the American Academy of Religion (2005-2007) and as Chairman of the International Cooperation Committee for the Association for the Sociology of Religion (2003-2004).

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