Reflexive religion : the new age in Brazil and beyond /

Reflexive Religion: The New Age in Brazil and Beyond examines the rise of alternative spiritualities in contemporary Brazil. Masterfully combining late modern theory with multi-site ethnographies of the New Age, it explains how traditional religion is being transformed by processes of reflexivity, g...

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Main Author: D'Andrea, Anthony (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2018.

Series: Religion in the Americas 19.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353350.

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Call Number: BP605.N48 D35 2018

Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the Spirit of the New Age in Brazil /
  • Anthony D'Andrea
  • Post-Traditional Religiosities: Reflexivity and Individualism Transforming the Religious Field /
  • Anthony D'Andrea
  • Sociological Overview of the New Age /
  • Anthony D'Andrea
  • The Perfect Self: Neo-Enlightenment and Romanticism in New Religious Forms /
  • Anthony D'Andrea
  • Ethnology of the New Age in Brazil: Hybridism, Individualism and Reflexivity /
  • Anthony D'Andrea
  • The New Age in Brazil: Religious Individualism between Spiritism and Psychological Culture /
  • Anthony D'Andrea
  • Psychological Culture: Management, Therapy and Art in the New Age /
  • Anthony D'Andrea
  • The New Age Christianity of Paulo Coelho /
  • Anthony D'Andrea
  • New Age Spiritism: The Supernatural between "The Doctrine" and Reflexivity /
  • Anthony D'Andrea
  • Niche Globalization of a Brazilian Parascience: The Case of Projectiology/Conscientiology /
  • Anthony D'Andrea
  • New Age in Latin America: From Gregarious Syncretism to Reflexive Individualism /
  • Anthony D'Andrea
  • Final Thoughts: The New Age as a Religious Pragmatic of Late Modernity /
  • Anthony D'Andrea.