New Age religion and Western culture
esotericism in the mirror of secular thought
by Wouter J. Hanegraaff
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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 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 nineteenth century.
- This ground-breaking publication is compulsive reading for all those involved or interested in the New Age movement.
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New Age movement, Occultism, New Age, Okkultismus, Esoterisme| Edition | Availability |
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New Age religion and Western culture: esotericism in the mirror of secular thought
1998, State University of New York Press
in English
0791438546 9780791438541
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New Age religion and Western culture: esotericism in the mirror of secular thought
1996, E.J. Brill
in English
9004106952 9789004106956
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [531]-558) and indexes.
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