If Europe's "last pagans" sparked your curiosity, join other curious learners for an 8-week seminar exploring modern Pagan traditions with scholar Thorn Mooney: https://www.religiondepartment.com/contemporarypaganism Europe was supposedly Christian by the Middle Ages, but the reality is more complicated. From the Sámi in Fennoscandia to the Baltic countryside, sacred groves, sacrifices, and animist traditions survived into the modern era. 00:00 Intro 1:43 Who are these people groups? 4:22 Unchristianized society, Christianization, creolization, syncretism 14:48 Case Study: Estonian Paganism 25:31 Why the slow Christianization in Estonia?