Kris Bethea Oral History

Kris Bethea Oral History

Flint Hills Pagans (Manhattan, Kan.)

Neopaganism.

Wicca.

Oral history interview with Kris Bethea conducted by Sean Manning in Topeka, Kansas on November 5, 2009. In this interview, Kris Bethea discusses the founding of the Flints Hills Pagans group in Manhattan, Kansas. She describes the activities and rituals of the group, as well as her spiritual journey from her Catholic childhood to Wicca. She describes the role of children in pagan rituals. She also discusses other pagan groups that have been active in Kansas. This interview was conducted for the Religion in Kansas course taught at the University of Kansas by Dr. Timothy Miller in the fall of 2009.

Religion in Kansas Project

Religious Studies Department, University of Kansas

11/5/2009

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mp3

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Recording, oral

RKsP_Bethea_Kris_FlintHillsPagans_2009-11-05.mp3 (audio recording)

RKsP_Bethea_Kris_FlintHillsPagans_2009-11-05.pdf (transcript)

Manhattan, KS

0:44:03

Manning, Sean

Bethea, Kris