New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought

Recent years have seen a spectacular rise of the New Age movement and an ever-increasing interest in...
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Author: Wouter J. Hanegraaff
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought by Hanegraaff, Wouter J.

New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought

€79,86

New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought

€79,86
Author: Wouter J. Hanegraaff
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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 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.

Author: Wouter J. Hanegraaff
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 11/20/1997
Pages: 594
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.91lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.14w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780791438541

About the Author
Wouter J. Hanegraaff is a Research Fellow at the Department for the Study of Religions at Utrecht University in The Netherlands. He is coeditor of Gnosis and Hermeticism: From Antiquity to Modern Times, also published by SUNY Press.


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