The Pagan Temptation by Thomas Steven Molnar is a penetrating and provocative analysis of the modern resurgence of paganism and its challenge to Judeo-Christian values. Molnar argues that beneath many contemporary ideologies—New Age spirituality, ecological mysticism, political utopianism—lies a return to pagan cosmology, where nature is deified and human autonomy reigns supreme. Drawing from philosophy, theology, and history, he critiques this "neo-pagan" mindset as one that rejects transcendence and divine order in favor of self-worship, relativism, and spiritual narcissism.