Harney, L. (2017). Christianising pagan worlds in conversion-era Ireland: Archaeological evidence for the origins of Irish ecclesiastical sites. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature, 117C, 103–130. https://doi.org/10.3318/priac.2017.117.07
- Lorcan Harney, as part of a PhD dissertation, conducted research analyzing pagan ritual complexes, bruial grounds, and royal settlements to determine how the Irish were converted to Christianity. Utilizes recent archaeological evidence to support the topic of transition involving Pagan and Christian worldviews. Peer-reviewed and extensive citation that gives credibility at the cost of density. Best suited to doctoral-level students, researchers, and faculty. While highly specific in some regards, does not apply itself well to a larger study on the annual Pagan traditions, such as Samhain.
Andrews, P. (1958). Pagan Mysteries and Christian Sacraments. Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review, 47(185), 54–65. https://www.jstor.org/stable/30098952
- Paul Andrews was a writer and psychologist who draws the intersection between the mythologies underpinning Paganism and Christianity. Andrews distinguishes the qualifications for various cults and for the term itself. Additionally, the article offers terms such as 'Eleusinian' and 'Gnosticism', while also listing the names of several dieties and their similarities. Comes across as skeptical but favoring of the Catholic stance as opposed to taking a bipartisan approach.
Chaney, W. A. (1960). Paganism to Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England. The Harvard Theological Review, 53(3), 197–217. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1508400
- William A. Chaney was Professor Emeritus of History at Lawrence College. Chaney explores the Germanic side of Paganism and provides a thoroughly researched discourse that shows how the Anglo-Saxon is an entangled by-product of Christian and Pagan myth and practice. Comprehensive in scope, and provides deep analysis that links both England and Germany over hundreds of years. A upper-graduate level researcher and student would make use of this material for its historical detail. Slightly dated use of many terms, especially 'heathen'.