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The new age movement : the celebration of the self and the sacralization of modernity / Paul Heelas.

By: Heelas, Paul.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford : Blackwell, 1996Description: ix, 266 p. : ill ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0631193324 ; 0631193316 .Subject(s): New Age movement | Religion and sociologyDDC classification: 299.93
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I: Portrayal -- Manifestations -- Developments -- The New -- Significance -- Part II: Appeal -- Uncertainties of Modernity -- Certainties of Modernity -- Part III: Effectiveness -- Self-understanding -- The future.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This is the first wide-ranging and accessible introduction to the fascinating subject of the New Age movement.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-256) and index.

Introduction -- Part I: Portrayal -- Manifestations -- Developments -- The New -- Significance -- Part II: Appeal -- Uncertainties of Modernity -- Certainties of Modernity -- Part III: Effectiveness -- Self-understanding -- The future.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Part I Portrayal
  • 1 Manifestations
  • 2 Developments
  • 3 The New
  • 4 Significance
  • Part II Appeal
  • 5 Uncertainties of Modernity
  • 6 Certainties of Modernity
  • Part III Effectiveness
  • 7 Sel-Understanding
  • 8 The Future
  • Appendices
  • 1 Characterizations of the New Age
  • 2 Before and After Exegesis
  • References
  • Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Paul Heelas is Director of the Centre for Study of Cultural Values and Reader in Religion and Modernity in the Department of Religious Studies at Lancaster University.