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

• Superior document: Brill handbooks on contemporary religion, v. 1
• TeilnehmendeR: Kemp, Daren.; Lewis, James R.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill handbooks on contemporary religion ; v. 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (494 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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.

Table of 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.