Beyond New Age (eBook, PDF)

Exploring Alternative Spirituality
Redaktion: Sutcliffe, Steven; Bowman, Marion

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Produktbeschreibung

This book offers the first serious exploration of the many different aspects of alternative spirituality. While there is much talk of 'spirituality' now, no other collection has specifically addressed its many 'alternative' -non-ecclesiastical in the broadest sense - manifestations. The authors aim to open up a relatively unexplored and often quite hidden dimension of religion in the modern world through non-confessional, critical study. They establish both the vibrancy of contemporary experiments in alternative spirituality, as well as its historical pedigree. The broad range of subject matter includes magical ritual, independent seekers and gurus, the Theosophical movement, C. G. Jung, turn-of-the-century artistic and spiritual colonies, Iona and Glastonbury, alternative healing, and the influence of secular and humanistic thought. Readers of this fascinating book will gain an overall sense of the sociological, anthropological, historical and ethnographical perspectives on the study of religion and the many alternative forms of spirituality.Key features*International names contributing to this subject area*Increasingly important subject in courses in Religious Studies and Sociology*Wide range of voices in contributions

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474497015
• Artikelnr.: 72420795

Autorenporträt

Steven J. Sutcliffe and Marion Bowman

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: People 1. 'Wandering Stars': Seekers and Gurus in the Modern World
by Steven Sutcliffe 2. Madame Blavatsky's Children: Theosophy and Its Heirs
by Kevin Tingay 3. New Centres of Life
by Martin Green 4. Jung's Psychologising of Religion
by Robert A. Segal Part 2: Places 5. More of the Same? Christianity
Vernacular Religion and Alternative Spirituality in Glastonbury
by Marion Bowman 6. Iona and Healing: A Discourse Analysis
by W. Graham Monteith 7. Alternative Spirituality in Europe: Amsterdam
Aups and Bath
by Michael York Part 3: Practices 8. Gender and Power in Magical Practices
by Susan Greenwood 9. Boggarts and Books: Towards an Appreciation of Pagan Spirituality
by Graham Harvey 10. Holism
Healing and the New Age
by Ellie Hodges and James A. Beckford 11. An Analysis of the Festival for Mind-Body-Spirit
London
by Malcolm Hamilton 12. Personal Development: the Spiritualisation and Secularisation of the Human Potential Movement
by Elizabeth Puttick 13. The New Age and Secularisation
by Steve Bruce 14. Expressive Spirituality and Humanistic Expressivism: Sources of Significance Beyond Church and Chapel
by Paul Heelas Notes on Contributors Index