Growing Wiccan Temples and Leaders: Temple Organization and Leadership Development in a Mission-Centred Wiccan Movement

Sam Wagar has produced a guidebook to starting a Wiccan Temple and church, and evaluating, recruiting and training both clergy and lay leadership. He considers both the theology and the practical nitty-gritty details of bylaws and organization on the ground, the types of services offered and the usefulness of larger scale associations of Temples. Wagar has been a Wiccan High Priest since 1985, organized a wide range of groups both secular and religious including a legal national church, a religious retreat, a provincial church, several covens, and two Green Party campaigns, among numerous others. As well as a wealth of practical experience he brings an academic mind to bear - he has an MA in history and a number of academic publications and this book is informed by the exchange theory of Stark and the practice theories of ritual of Bell among others. A solid piece of work. Unfortunately bound to ruffle a few feathers....