Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 370 g
Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 370 g
Reihe: Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series
ISBN: 978-0-231-12403-4
Verlag: Columbia University Press
What is the New Age movement, and how is it different from and similar to Neopaganism in its underlying beliefs and still-evolving practices? Where did these decentralized and eclectic movements come from, and why have they grown and flourished at this point in American religious history? What is the relationship between the New Age and Neopaganism and other religions in America, particularly Christianity, which is often construed as antagonistic to them? Drawing on historical and ethnographic accounts, Sarah Pike explores these questions and offers a sympathetic yet critical treatment of religious practices often marginalized yet soaring in popularity. The book provides a general introduction to the varieties of New Age and Neopagan religions in the United States today as well as an account of their nineteenth-century roots and emergence from the 1960s counterculture. Covering such topics as healing, gender and sexuality, millennialism, and ritual experience, it also furnishes a rich description and analysis of the spiritual worlds and social networks created by participants.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Okkultismus und andere religiöse Praktiken
Weitere Infos & Material
Ancient Mysteries in Contemporary AmericaIntroduction to the Religious Worlds of Neopagans and New AgersEarly Varieties of Alternative Spirituality in American Religious HistoryThe 1960s Watershed YearsHealing and Techniques of the Self"All Acts of Love and Pleasure Are My Rituals": Sex, Gender, and the SacredThe Age of Aquarius