Beyond New Age : : Exploring Alternative Spirituality / / Steven Sutcliffe, Marion Bowman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Sutcliffe, Steven,; Bowman, Marion,
• MitwirkendeR: Beckford, James A.,; Bowman, Marion,; Bruce, Steve,; Green, Martin,; Greenwood, Susan,; Hamilton, Malcolm,; Harvey, Graham,; Hedges, Ellie,; Heelas, Paul,; Monteith, W. Graham,; Puttick, Elizabeth,; Segal, Robert A.,; Sutcliffe, Steven,; Tingay, Kevin,; York, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Part I: People --; 1 'Wandering stars': seekers and gurus in the modern world --; 2 Madame Blavatsky's Children: Theosophy and its heirs --; 3 New Centres of Life --; 4 Jung's Psychologising of Religion --; Part 2: Places --; 5 More of the Same? Christianity, vernacular religion and alternative spirituality in Glastonbury --; 6 Iona and Healing: a discourse analysis --; 7 Alternative Spirituality in Europe: Amsterdam --; Part 3: Practices --; 8 Gender and power in magical practices --; 9 Boggarts and books: towards an appreciation of pagan spirituality --; 10 Holism, healing and the new age --; 11 An analysis of the festival for mind-body-spirit, London --; 12 Personal development: the spiritualisation and secularisation of the human potential movement --; 13 The new age and secularisation --; 14 Expressive spirituality and humanistic expressivism: sources of significance beyond church and chapel --; Notes on contributors --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474497015; 9783110780468
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474497015
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Steven Sutcliffe, Marion Bowman.

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 FeaturesInternational names contributing to this subject areaIncreasingly important subject in courses in Religious Studies and SociologyWide range of voices in contributions