New age spirituality : rethinking religion / edited by Steven J. Sutcliffe and Ingvild Sælid Gilhus.
"New Age and holistic beliefs and practices--sometimes called the "new spirituality"--Are widely distributed across modern global society. The fluid and popular nature of new age spirituality makes it a challenging field to understand using traditional models of religion. Rather than...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxfordshire, England ; New York :
Routledge,
2013.
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| Summary: | "New Age and holistic beliefs and practices--sometimes called the "new spirituality"--Are widely distributed across modern global society. The fluid and popular nature of new age spirituality makes it a challenging field to understand using traditional models of religion. Rather than treating new age as an exotic specimen on the margins of "proper" religion, New Age Spirituality examines the field as a form of everyday or "lived" religion. The book brings together an international range of scholars to explore key topics and issues: healing, divination, meditation, gnosis, extraordinary experiences, and the nature of interactions with gods, spirits and superhuman powers. Combining discussion of contemporary beliefs and practices with cutting-edge theoretical analysis, the book repositions new age spirituality at the forefront of the contemporary study of religion."--Page 4 of cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (305 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781315729541 1315729547 1844657159 9781844657155 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |