Beyond the Spiritual Supermarket: The Social and Public Significance of New Age Spirituality

This article argues that New Age spirituality is substantially less unambiguously individualistic and more socially and publicly significant than today's sociological consensus acknowledges. Firstly, an uncontested doctrine of self-spirituality, characterised by sacralisation of the self and de...

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Authors: Aupers, Stef 1969- (Author) ; Houtman, Dick 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax Publ. [2006]
In: Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2006, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 201-222
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