Worship of the gods in Scandinavia gave way to Christianity around 1,000 years ago but a modern version of Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in Iceland.

(RNS) Worship of the gods in Scandinavia gave way to Christianity around 1,000 years ago but a modern version of Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in Iceland.

Norse pagan troops across the military can rejoice — a member of the Nevada Army National Guard has been granted a religious waiver to grow a warrior-like beard.

While they may not be going as far as animal sacrifice and Viking burials, members of a neo-pagan church in Iceland have resurrected some of the old ways in recent decades and now plan to build ...

The book also devotes time to exploring some pagan beliefs, such as the concept of wyrd or fate, Norse runes, and associated yoga poses, but doesn’t sufficiently connect them to 20th-century ...

LAS VEGAS — A Nevada Army Guard soldier serving in Afghanistan has received a uniform religious exception to sport a beard based upon his Norse pagan beliefs.

Worship of the gods in Scandinavia gave way to Christianity around 1,000 years ago but a modern version of Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in Iceland.

Neo-Norse Paganism Neo-Norse Paganism is reiteration of an ancient polytheistic religion, most commonly broken into two two branches of faith: Asatru and Odinism.

Paganism has always been a spiritual insurgency. The umbrella term was only created in the fourth century, once Christianity established itself as a dominant religion and the pre-Christian ...