Modern Paganism, also known as
Contemporary Paganism and
Neopaganism, is a group of
new religious movements influenced by or claiming to be derived from the various
historical pagan beliefs of pre-modern Europe. Although they do share similarities, contemporary Pagan religious movements are diverse and no single set of beliefs, practices, or
texts are shared by them all. Most academics studying the phenomenon have treated it as a movement of different religions, whereas a minority instead characterise it as a single religion into which different Pagan faiths fit as
denominations. Not all members of faiths or beliefs regarded as Neopagan self-identify as "Pagan".