The naked truth: mindfulness and the purification of religion
To arrive at an understanding of what drives the much debated spiritual turn in Western Europe, we study the spiritual trajectories and identifications of mindfulness practitioners in the formerly predominantly Roman Catholic context of Flanders in Belgium. Fifteen semi-structured interviews address...
| Published in: | Journal of contemporary religion |
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| Authors: | ; ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Carfax Publ.
[2018]
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| In: |
Journal of contemporary religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Flanders (Belgium)
/ Catholicism
/ Watchfulness
/ Spirituality
/ Purity
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KBD Benelux countries KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Spirituality
B New Age B religious purification B Mindfulness B Religious Change |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | To arrive at an understanding of what drives the much debated spiritual turn in Western Europe, we study the spiritual trajectories and identifications of mindfulness practitioners in the formerly predominantly Roman Catholic context of Flanders in Belgium. Fifteen semi-structured interviews addressed their religious and spiritual biographical trajectories as well as the symbolic boundaries they draw with adjacent religious and spiritual groups. We find marked evidence of a process of religious purification', which unfolds as a critique of the formal and external aspects of both religion (organisations, dogmas, ritual) and spirituality (woolly and frivolous New Age word games). To validate and justify, alternatively, the pure' and grounded' spirituality that results, those concerned consistently invoke the authority of science. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9419 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of contemporary religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2018.1469276 |