Between Ideological Formatting and Subjective Experience: The Blurring Lines of New Religious Identities

This essay proposes a theoretical reading of contemporary religious phenomena through the two concepts of 'ideologization' and 'psychologization'. It situates contemporary religious trends within the context of a new 'global' culture and analyzes some of the ways in whi...

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Main Author: Laude, Patrick 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] [2017]
In: Interdisciplinary journal of research on religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 13, Pages: 1-13
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Present / Religious identity / Reification / Theory
IxTheo Classification:AA Study of religion
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
TK Recent history
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Summary:This essay proposes a theoretical reading of contemporary religious phenomena through the two concepts of 'ideologization' and 'psychologization'. It situates contemporary religious trends within the context of a new 'global' culture and analyzes some of the ways in which they break away from traditional concepts of religion while blurring the lines between the religious and the secular.
ISSN:1556-3723
Contains:Enthalten in: Interdisciplinary journal of research on religion