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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
I can’t capture my full emotions about this book and everything it taught me right now though on my next read through I’ll make sure to drop my favorite excerpts. In general it felt amazing to find this document and connect to a gay historian and activist from the 1970s. I highly reccommend this book to all American/Western gays and Pagans to really connect the dots to a history that has been well concealed. Its free on internet archive.
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
informative
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Somewhat reductive, very binary when considering men and women and trans people aren’t properly addressed within it. As the 2013 introduction points out, a lot of the sources Evans uses are from the institutions and people that he dismisses and some of his conclusions and theories aren’t supported by much evidence. However, it is a great counter-text to many popular and accepted ideas in Western academia, especially history, and definitely has strong arguments towards future action that should be considered and taken. I wonder what Evans would think of the current state of the world.
This book sparkled with both a fascination and obsession with the connection of empire and religion. I wonder the connection and overlap between this author and that of the community obsessed with marija gimbutas' work on pre-horse people culture. More things like this book should be written, even if not the most enjoyable.
informative
too academic, not what i thought it would be
hopeful
informative
reflective
slow-paced