Handbook of New Age / edited by Daren Kemp and James R. Lewis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kemp, Daren.

Lewis, James R.

Series:

Brill handbooks on contemporary religion ; v. 1.

Brill handbooks on contemporary religion, 1874-6691 ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New Age movement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (494 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Handbook of New Age is a comprehensive survey of alternative spiritualities: their history, their global impact, their cultural influence and how they are understood by scholars. Chapters by many of the leading scholars of the movement give the latest analysis of contemporary spiritual trends, and present up-to-date observations of the interaction between the New Age movement and many different fields of knowledge and research.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / J.R. Lewis and D. Kemp

Defining The New Age / George D. Chryssides

The New Age Movement And Western Esotericism / Wouter J. Hanegraaff

The Origins Of ‘New Age’ Religion Between The Two World Wars / Steven Sutcliffe

Beyond Millennialism: The New Age Transformed / J. Gordon Melton

Quantitative Studies Of New Age: A Summary And Discussion / Liselotte Frisk

The Psychology Of The New Age / Miguel Farias and Pehr Granqvist

Producing And Consuming New Age Spirituality: The Cultic Milieu And The Network Paradigm / Adam Possamaï

New Age Diffuse Communities / Dominic Corrywright

New Age And Business / Martin Ramstedt

Science And The New Age / James R. Lewis

Truth, Authority And Epistemological Individualism In New Age Thought / Christopher Partridge

Old Myths, New Mythicising / Anna E. Kubiak

Power Trips: Making Sacred Space Through New Age Pilgrimage / Adrian Ivakhiv

Ancient Avalon, New Jerusalem, Heart Chakra Of Planet Earth: The Local And The Global In Glastonbury / Marion I. Bowman

Hawaii In New Age Imaginations: A Case Of Religious Inventions / Mikael Rothstein

A Latin American New Age? / María Julia Carozzi

The Spiritual World: Aspects Of New Age In Japan / Inken Prohl

New Age Religion And The Sceptics / Olav Hammer

The New Age Movement As An Astrological Minority Religion With Mainstream Appeal / Michael York

Holistic Health And New Age In Britain And The Republic Of Ireland / Maria Tighe and Jenny Butler

Paganism And The New Age / Melissa Harrington

Christians And New Age / Daren Kemp

Contributors / J.R. Lewis and D. Kemp

Index / J.R. Lewis and D. Kemp.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-39686-2

9786612396861

90-474-2013-6

OCLC:

567744251

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004153554.i-484 DOI