Contemporary New Age transformation ...
Chen, Shuquan.

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  • Contemporary New Age transformation in Taiwan : = a sociological study of a new religious movement /
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    Title/Author: Contemporary New Age transformation in Taiwan :/ Shu-Chuan Chen ; with a foreword by James A. Beckford.
    Reminder of title: a sociological study of a new religious movement /
    Author: Chen, Shuquan.
    Published: Lewiston, N.Y. :Edwin Mellen Press, : c2008.,
    Description: viii, 251 p. :ill. ;24 cm.
    [NT 15003449]: Beginning of the journey -- A sociological approach -- Methodology -- The concept of 'New Age' -- New Age : one whole movement? -- Network or milieu? -- New Age and alternative healing -- New Age religion and the New Age movement -- New Age as 'popular religion' -- New Age as 'new spirituality movement and culture' -- A 'fluid' perspective on the New Age movement -- Conclusion -- Self-religion, reflexive modernization, and globalization -- Self-religion -- Reflexive modernization -- Emotions and embodiment in self-religion and reflexive modernization -- Globalization and 'glocalization' -- Conclusion -- The range of the New Age movement in Taiwan -- The history of religion in Taiwan -- The social and previous religious backgrounds of participants -- The characteristics of New Age spiritualities -- Conclusion -- Transformation I : self, emotions and feeling rules in New Age practices -- Bringing emotions back to 'self-religion' -- New Age practices and transformations -- Reflexivity and emotions in New Age practices -- Feeling rules in New Age practices -- Conclusion -- Transformation II : healing, self-identity and expert knowledge in New Age practices -- How do people become involved in the NAM? -- Healing and self-identity -- New Age and 'alternative' expert knowledge -- Conclusion -- Transformation III : organizations, networks and globalization in the New Age movement -- Organizations and leadership of the NAM -- Networking in a spiritual marketplace -- Globalization : parallel 'glocalization' -- Conclusion -- One journey ends, another begins -- Getting healed from the movement -- Looking to the future.
    Subject: New Age movement - Taiwan. -
    Subject: Taiwan - Religion. -
    Online resource: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0904/2008044570.html
    ISBN: 9780773448803 (hbk.) :
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