New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular ThoughtBRILL, 24 בספט׳ 2018 Recent years have seen a spectacular rise of the New Age movement and an ever-increasing interest in its beliefs and manifestations. This fascinating work presents the first-ever comprehensive analysis of New Age Religion and its historical backgrounds, thus providing the reader with a means of orientation in the bewildering variety of the movement. Making extensive use of primary sources, the author thematically analyses New Age beliefs from the perspective of the study of religions. While looking at the historical backgrounds of the movement, he convincingly argues that its foundations were laid by so-called western esoteric traditions during the Renaissance. Hanegraaff finally shows how the modern New Age movement emerged from the increasing secularization of those esoteric traditions during the 19th century. This ground-breaking publication is compulsive reading for all those involved or interested in the New Age movement. |
תוכן
Introduction | 1 |
MAJOR TRENDS IN NEW AGE RELIGION | 21 |
THE VARIETIES OF NEW AGE EXPERIENCE | 111 |
NEW AGE RELIGION AND TRADITIONAL ESOTERICISM | 363 |
Primary New Age Sources in alphabetical order | 525 |
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STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS NUMEN BOOK SERIES | 581 |
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Age authors Age believers Age movement Age religion Agers Aquarian basic belief Bochinger Capra Cayce century channeling chapter Christ Christian concept consciousness context cosmic created creative criticism cultic milieu culture David Bohm David Spangler described discussion distinction divine domain earth ECMM Edgar Cayce emergence emphasize Erich Jantsch esoteric esotericism evolution evolutionism example existence experience Faivre Fritjof Capra gnosticism Hanegraaff healing Hermeticism higher historical holistic holographic human idea implies important inner interpretation Jung's Ken Wilber living magic Matthew Fox ment Mesmerism metaphysical mind modern mysticism nature Naturphilosophie neopaganism occultism occultist Oriental paradigm perspective philosophy physical popular present psychology Ramtha RBNA reality referred regarded reincarnation religious result Romanticism scientific secular sense Seth Shirley MacLaine soul spiritual Starhawk suggest Swedenborg theory Theosophical Theosophical Enlightenment tion traditional transpersonal ultimate unconscious universe vision western esotericism whole Wicca Wilber worldview