Sarah Pike

Sarah Pike is a professor of religion at California State University, Chico. She wrote Earthly Bodies, Magical Selves: Contemporary Pagans and The Search for Community.

Written by Sarah Pike

A young person sitting in a tree drinking from a cup, surrounded by a forest with a misty landscape in the background.

essayEcology and environmental sciences

Uprooted

Environmental activists have been jailed, persecuted and spied on. What fuels such an absolute commitment to a cause?

Sarah Pike

People walking around an intricately designed wooden temple at sunset, with a clear sky in the background.

essayDeath

Ashes to ashes

Death rites have become private and tepid affairs. The Burning Man Temple brings a fiery edge to modern mourning

Sarah Pike