Contemporary New Age transformation in Taiwan a sociological study of a new religious movement
Beginning of the journey -- A sociological approach -- Methodology -- The concept of 'New Age' -- New Age : one whole movement? -- Network or milieu? -- New Age and alternative healing -- New Age religion and the New Age movement -- New Age as 'popular religion' -- New Age as �...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Lewiston, NY u.a.
Edwin Mellen Press
c2008
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Beginning of the journey -- A sociological approach -- Methodology -- The concept of 'New Age' -- New Age : one whole movement? -- Network or milieu? -- New Age and alternative healing -- New Age religion and the New Age movement -- New Age as 'popular religion' -- New Age as 'new spirituality movement and culture' -- A 'fluid' perspective on the New Age movement -- Conclusion -- Self-religion, reflexive modernization, and globalization -- Self-religion -- Reflexive modernization -- Emotions and embodiment in self-religion and reflexive modernization -- Globalization and 'glocalization' -- Conclusion -- The range of the New Age movement in Taiwan -- The history of religion in Taiwan -- The social and previous religious backgrounds of participants -- The characteristics of New Age spiritualities -- Conclusion -- Transformation I : self, emotions and feeling rules in New Age practices -- Bringing emotions back to 'self-religion' -- New Age practices and transformations -- Reflexivity and emotions in New Age practices -- Feeling rules in New Age practices -- Conclusion -- Transformation II : healing, self-identity and expert knowledge in New Age practices -- How do people become involved in the NAM? -- Healing and self-identity -- New Age and 'alternative' expert knowledge -- Conclusion -- Transformation III : organizations, networks and globalization in the New Age movement -- Organizations and leadership of the NAM -- Networking in a spiritual marketplace -- Globalization : parallel 'glocalization' -- Conclusion -- One journey ends, another begins -- Getting healed from the movement -- Looking to the future. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-240) and indexes Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:c2008 |
| Beschreibung: | viii, 251 p ill 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780773448803 978-0-7734-4880-3 0773448802 0-7734-4880-2 |