Reflexive Religion : the New Age in Brazil and Beyond.
D'Andrea, Anthony.
Reflexive Religion : the New Age in Brazil and Beyond. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (185 pages) - Religion in the Americas Series ; v.19 . - Religion in the Americas Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction to the Spirit of the New Age in Brazil -- 2 Post- Traditional Religiosities: Reflexivity and Individualism Transforming the Religious Field -- 3 Sociological Overview of the New Age -- 4 The Perfect Self: Neo-Enlightenment and Romanticism in New Religious Forms -- 5 Ethnology of the New Age in Brazil: Hybridism, Individualism and Reflexivity -- 6 The New Age in Brazil: Religious Individualism between Spiritism and Psychological Culture -- 7 Psychological Culture: Management, Therapy and Art in the New Age -- 8 The New Age Christianity of Paulo Coelho -- 9 New Age Spiritism: The Supernatural between "The Doctrine" and Reflexivity -- 10 Niche Globalization of a Brazilian Parascience: The Case of Projectiology/ Conscientiology -- 11 New Age in Latin America: From Gregarious Syncretism to Reflexive Individualism -- 12 Final Thoughts: The New Age as a Religious Pragmatic of Late Modernity -- Bibliography -- Index.
Reflexive Religion examines the rise of alternative spiritualities of the self in contemporary Brazil. Combining late modern theory and multi-site ethnographies of the New Age, it explains how religion is being transformed under globalization, reflexivity and individualism processes.
9789004380110
Electronic books.
Reflexive Religion : the New Age in Brazil and Beyond. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (185 pages) - Religion in the Americas Series ; v.19 . - Religion in the Americas Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction to the Spirit of the New Age in Brazil -- 2 Post- Traditional Religiosities: Reflexivity and Individualism Transforming the Religious Field -- 3 Sociological Overview of the New Age -- 4 The Perfect Self: Neo-Enlightenment and Romanticism in New Religious Forms -- 5 Ethnology of the New Age in Brazil: Hybridism, Individualism and Reflexivity -- 6 The New Age in Brazil: Religious Individualism between Spiritism and Psychological Culture -- 7 Psychological Culture: Management, Therapy and Art in the New Age -- 8 The New Age Christianity of Paulo Coelho -- 9 New Age Spiritism: The Supernatural between "The Doctrine" and Reflexivity -- 10 Niche Globalization of a Brazilian Parascience: The Case of Projectiology/ Conscientiology -- 11 New Age in Latin America: From Gregarious Syncretism to Reflexive Individualism -- 12 Final Thoughts: The New Age as a Religious Pragmatic of Late Modernity -- Bibliography -- Index.
Reflexive Religion examines the rise of alternative spiritualities of the self in contemporary Brazil. Combining late modern theory and multi-site ethnographies of the New Age, it explains how religion is being transformed under globalization, reflexivity and individualism processes.
9789004380110
Electronic books.