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9781138275676: In Search of New Age Spiritualities
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ISBN 10 : 1138275670 ISBN 13 : 9781138275676
Editeur : Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

The search for an adequate understanding of the New Age phenomenon is fraught with difficulties when examined within the perspectives of sociology of religion which have shed light on religion in modernity. New Agers cannot be located easily in the secularisation narrative; they move through fluid networks rather than settled collectivities; they assemble personal syncretisms of belief, myth and practice rather than subscribe to codified doctrines and prescribed rituals. New Age is quickly found to be a label that is unacceptable to many of those designated as New Agers. This book advances our understanding of the so-called New Age phenomenon by analysing accounts of insiders' religious experience and orientations. This approach is brought to bear not only on the study of written documents relating to New Age and its putative antecedents, but on the analysis of in-depth interviews with thirty-five spiritual actors.

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À propos de l'auteur

Dr Adam Possamai is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Western Sydney, Australia.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1138275670
ISBN 13 
9781138275676
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
170
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Personne responsable
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