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Author : James R. Lewis,J. Gordon Melton Publisher : State University of New York Press Page : 392 pages File Size : 40,7 Mb Release : 1992-11-03 Category : Religion ISBN : 9781438410753
Perspectives on the New Age by James R. Lewis,J. Gordon Melton Pdf
This book begins with a comprehensive historical section that places the New Age within the context of its predecessor movements. It then focuses on specialized aspects of this subculture, from essays on the convergence of New Age spirituality with women's spirituality, to an essay on how Evangelical Christians have responded to the movement. The book also examines the international impact of the New Age.
Handbook of New Age by Daren Kemp,James R. Lewis Pdf
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.
The full story of the New Age movement told for the first time - its origins and precursors, its flowering within the counterculture of the 1960s and its development into an international spiritual perspective. Author is Australia, his degree was from Macquarie University NSW.
New Age Religion and Western Culture by Wouter J. Hanegraaff Pdf
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.
The New Age movement, made up of Eastern mysticism and Western affluence, now touches virtually every area of our lives: business, education, psychology, science, health, politics, and religion. Chandler explores the many aspects of the New Age--channelers, UFO contacts, paranormal activities, influential people who promote New Age ideas, and more--in this intriguing book and discussion guide.
Reincarnation, auras, and energizing crystals -- surely these are the stuff of fairy tales, nothing more. People don’t really speak to ancient Egyptian holy men, or listen seriously to Shirley MacLaine, for that matter -- do they? Drawing from a range of occult, pagan, and pseudo-scientific traditions, the New Age Movement is broad, diffuse, hard to nail down -- and insidiously dangerous. Its belief in the "divinity of humanity," its emphasis on "self-actualization," and its looking forward to a coming utopian "new world" have tremendous appeal. But does it have the truth?
New Age Almanac by J. Gordon Melton,Jerome Clark,Aidan A. Kelly Pdf
This text considers the New Age phenomena, with its accent on spiritual development, health and healing and higher consciousness. It considers New Age personalities and significant events and provides more than 300 definitions and descriptions and a guide to New Age educational institutions.
An integration of traditional & contemporary wisdom enlivened by rich experience about this subject matter. One of the most illuminating books on the New Age movement, one world government, humanism, religion, the Illuminati and Free Masonry.
People everywhere are asking, 'What is the New Age?' This book gives insightful answers to many of your questions regarding this movement and the practices associated with it. You'll learn how to identify New Age beliefs when you are confronted with them. Most important, this easy-to-follow book gives you practical advice for sharing the Gospel with people involved in the New Age Movement.
The Infiltration of the New Age by J. Yutaka Amano,Norman L. Geisler Pdf
Many Christians say it is, but others aren't sure what the movement is all about. Before we pass judgment, we need reliable information about the diverse facets of New Age beliefs and practices. Authors Amano and Geisler provide this. They show that New Age thought indeed influences TV, movies, music, and books. Working from a firm biblical base, they critique the movement itself and also the sometimes misguided Christian responses to it.
Its 1976, and Janet Tanhurst is a teenager who feels stifled by life with her strict mother, and the authoritarian church she must attend. Once out of high school, however, Janet is initiated into a fascinating new world of Astrology, Tarot cards, and Spirit Mediums. Next, she encounters the mysterious world of UFOs?a bewildering and sometimes frightening realm encompassing ancient astronauts, alien abductions, and shadowy government conspiracies. As the 1980s arrive, the Christian-dominated Piscean Age seems to be giving way to a long-anticipated Aquarian Age, with its hope for a coming revolution in higher consciousness. There are new paradigms in philosophy and science?promoting a holographic conception of the universe as engaged in a Cosmic Dance?along with the emergence of an introspective type of instrumental music known as New Age. With the help of bookstore owner Whisper Wynn, Janet investigates subjects such as reincarnation, quartz crystals, chakras and the human aura, in addition to an exciting new form of spiritual teaching called channeling. Following movement leaders including Shirley MacLaine and Marianne Williamson, studying enigmatic teachers like G.I. Gurdjieff and Carlos Castaneda, and inspired by medical doctors such as Deepak Chopra and Andrew Weil, she learns about Alternative Medicine and Holistic Health, as well as traditional health practices from China, Japan, and India. She assimilates wisdom from the ancient Celts along with rituals from contemporary Goddess worshippers, in formulating her own unique concept of the Divine that is within us all.
Possession, Power and the New Age by Matthew Wood Pdf
This book provides a new sociological account of contemporary religious phenomena such as channelling, holistic healing, meditation and divination, which are usually classed as part of a New Age Movement. Drawing on his extensive ethnography carried out in the UK, alongside comparative studies in America and Europe, Matthew Wood criticises the view that such phenomena represent spirituality in which self-authority is paramount. Instead, he emphasises the role of social authority and the centrality of spirit possession, linking these to participants' class positions and experiences of secularisation. Informed by sociological and anthropological approaches to social power and practice, especially the work of Pierre Bourdieu and Michel Foucault, Wood's study explores what he calls the nonformative regions of the religious field, and charts similarities and differences with pagan, spiritualist and Theosophical traditions.
