In Search of New Age Spiritualities (Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies)

The search for an adequate understanding of the New Age phenomenon is fraught with difficulties when examined within the perspectives of sociology of religion which have shed light on religion in modernity. New Agers cannot be located easily in the secularisation narrative; they move through fluid networks rather than settled collectivities; they assemble personal syncretisms of belief, myth and practice rather than subscribe to codified doctrines and prescribed rituals. New Age is quickly found to be a label that is unacceptable to many of those designated as New Agers. This book advances our understanding of the so-called New Age phenomenon by analysing accounts of insiders' religious experience and orientations. This approach is brought to bear not only on the study of written documents relating to New Age and its putative antecedents, but on the analysis of in-depth interviews with thirty-five spiritual actors.

Religion & Spirituality

Possamai, Adam

Christian Books & Bibles

Routledge

Popular culture can no longer be exclusively seen as a source of escapism. It can amuse, entertain, instruct, and relax people, but what if it provides inspiration for religion? The Church of All Worlds, the Church of Satan and Jediism from the

Religion and Popular Culture: A Hyper-Real Testament (God, Humans and Religion)

History

World

Peter Lang Publishing

1) Religious studies as a subject has grown in popularity in Australian university over recent years, however there has not been a text focusing on the Australian experience for over 10 years. 2) The authors are internationally respected as authorities in this field and have published widely on the subject 3) The book will include the findings from the 2016 Census together with recent insights into the role of spirituality and religion in the lives of Indigenous Australians, the standardisation and securitisation of religion and the impact of religious extremism

Religion and Change in Australia

Tittensor, David

Religious Change and Indigenous Peoples: The Making of Religious Identities (Vitality of Indigenous Religions)

Onnudottir, Helena

Sociology of Religion for Generations X and Y

Exploring religious and spiritual changes which have been taking place among Indigenous populations in Australia and New Zealand, this book focuses on important changes in religious affiliation in census data over the last 15 years. Drawing on both local social and political debates, while contextualising the discussion in wider global debates about changing religious identities, especially the growth of Islam, the authors present a critical analysis of the persistent images and discourses on Aboriginal religions and spirituality. This book takes a comparative approach to other Indigenous and minority groups to explore contemporary changes in religious affiliation which have raised questions about resistance to modernity, challenges to the nation state and/or rejection of Christianity or Islam. Helena Onnudottir, Adam Posssamai and Bryan Turner offer a critical analysis to on-going public, political and sociological debates about religious conversion (especially to Islam) and changing religious affiliations (including an increase in the number of people who claim 'no religion') among Indigenous populations. This book also offers a major contribution to the growing debate about conversion to Islam among Australian Aborigines, Maoris and Pacific peoples.

Politics & Social Sciences

Anthropology

Exploring religious and spiritual changes which have been taking place among Indigenous populations in Australia and New Zealand, this book focuses on important changes in religious affiliation in census data over the last 15 years. Drawing on both local social and political debates, while contextualising the discussion in wider global debates about changing religious identities, especially the growth of Islam, the authors present a critical analysis of the persistent images and discourses on Aboriginal religions and spirituality. This book takes a comparative approach to other Indigenous and minority groups to explore contemporary changes in religious affiliation which have raised questions about resistance to modernity, challenges to the nation state and/or rejection of Christianity or Islam. Helena Onnudottir, Adam Posssamai and Bryan Turner offer a critical analysis to on-going public, political and sociological debates about religious conversion (especially to Islam) and changing religious affiliations (including an increase in the number of people who claim 'no religion') among Indigenous populations. This book also offers a major contribution to the growing debate about conversion to Islam among Australian Aborigines, Maoris and Pacific peoples.

Worship & Devotion

Generations X and Y are plugged into the contemporary world of consumption, popular culture, and the internet. These generations treat knowledge and belief as a more flexible concept, often focusing on the practical rather than the theoretical and often drawing on conflicting sources in both popular and cyber culture. Their approach to religious belief and practice requires a new way of studying the sociology of religion. 'Sociology of Religion for Generations X and Y' examines key world religions - Buddhism, Christianity and Islam - as well as newer religious groups, such as Scientology, New Age, Witchcraft and online communities such as Jediism and Matrixism. The book covers a range of key concepts: secularisation and modernisation, re-enchantment, the 'McDonaldisation' of society, and the easternisation of the west. Each chapter opens with a case study from popular culture or the internet which takes the reader to the heart of the topic being discussed. Employing both classical sociological theory and contemporary critical theory, 'Sociology of Religion for Generations X and Y' explains where contemporary religion and spirituality are coming from, where they are now, and where they are going.

Buddhism

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In Search of New Age Spiritualities (Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies)

Religion and Popular Culture: A Hyper-Real Testament (God, Humans and Religion)

Religion and Change in Australia

Religious Change and Indigenous Peoples: The Making of Religious Identities (Vitality of Indigenous Religions)

Sociology of Religion for Generations X and Y

In Search of New Age Spiritualities (Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies)

Religious Change and Indigenous Peoples: The Making of Religious Identities (Vitality of Indigenous Religions)

Religious Change and Indigenous Peoples: The Making of Religious Identities (Vitality of Indigenous Religions)

Religion and Change in Australia

Sociology of Religion for Generations X and Y