Michael York is an American religious studies scholar, based in the United Kingdom, who specializes in the study of pre-Christian European religion and its relation to contemporary Paganism.
In 2003, he published Pagan Theology, in which he put forward the idea that the ancient pre-Christian and pre-Islamic religions of Eurasia, indigenous religions from across the globe, and contemporary Pagan faiths could all be constituted as forms of paganism.
[1] Describing his own religious beliefs and his affection for paganism, York remarked that: If I had to name my own denominational predilection, I would say that I am a "religionist."
I believe in religion itself and its central role in expanding human consciousness above and beyond immediate daily concerns.
I see religion as an ongoing dialogue that questions the purpose of life and our terrestrial incarnations.