A01=Adam Possamai
Alain Kardec
Alternative Spiritualities
Aquarian Perennism
Author_Adam Possamai
Category=QRVK
Category=QRYC
Contemporary Society
contemporary spiritual practices analysis
Critical Mass Theory
Display Affinities
Emic Representations
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Etic Representations
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
Human Kind
Illumination Cult
Individuation Approach
Large Family
late capitalism spirituality
Modern Occultism
Neo-pagan Groups
neo-pagan networks
Noumenal World
Perennial Philosophy
perennism theory
Post-modern Individual
Postmodern Individual
Psychic Fairs
qualitative interviews
Rainbow Gathering
Socially Responsible Investment
sociology of religion
Spiritual Knowledge
spiritual syncretism
Technical Mystics
Tv News
Product details
- ISBN 9780754652137
- Weight: 480g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Oct 2005
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Dr Adam Possamai is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Western Sydney, Australia.
