Playing With Fire? The Rise of the Neo-Pagans

Playing With Fire? The Rise of the Neo-Pagans
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Across the lands of the frozen north, the Norse “gods” are returning.

Nordic paganism is now Iceland's fastest-growing religion. From 570 members in 2002, the “association of the faith of the Æsir” — Ásatrúarfélagið — now numbers 4,126 Icelanders. This makes it the largest non-Christian religion in the country. In contrast, as of 2017, there are only 12,901 Catholics in Iceland, a country with a population totaling 348,580.

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