The Infirmity Debate: On the Viability of New Age Spiritualities of Life

Heelas, Paul

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“…In other words, those seriously interested in spirituality turn to organized religion to bring their quests to fruition (2003,15 values. This includes references to 'inner life spirituality' (Heelas 1996), 'subjective life spirituality' (Heelas and Woodhead 2005), and 'post-Christian spirituality' (Houtman and Aupers 2007).…”

Section: This Is Also the View Of British Scholars Jeremy Carrette Anmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Sociologists of religion commonly equate the emergence of NRMs in the seventies and eighties with a shift of values (Bellah 1976;Wuthnow 1978;Tipton 1982;Roof 1993;Heelas 1996;Kent 2001;Heelas and Woodhead 2005;Dawson 2006a). These scholars have all addressed the correlation between the emergence of NRMs and the changing moral climate in the wake of the counterculture and its associated socio-political dynamics.…”

Section: Nrms As a Response To Value Changes Since The Sixtiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many theorists are more optimistic about the way social changes since the counterculture have impacted individuals and society (Roszak 1978, Inglehart 1977Roof 1993Roof , 1999Dawson 1998a, 2006a, Heelas 1996Heelas and Woodhead 2005;Inglehart andWelzel 2005, 2010 understanding represents a refinement of Steve Tipton's "widely accepted"…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Fortunately, there is a growing body of research that is contributing to more accurate and encompassing analyses of this phenomenon (Heelas 1996;Hanegraaff 1996;Zinnbauer et al 1997;Wuthnow 1998;Roof 1999;Corrywright 2003;Barker 2004;Forman 2004;Heelas and Woodhead 2005;Lynch 2007).…”

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The Social Ethic of Religiously Unaffiliated Spirituality

Chandler

2008

Religion Compass

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Today a growing percentage of Westerners are engaged in highly subjective, non‐religiously affiliated forms of spiritual seeking. Since its early beginnings in the 1970s, New Age movement, non‐institutionally mediated forms of spirituality, moved well beyond a restricted esoteric framework into the cultural mainstream. Here, they are more broadly supported and intensified by a robust cultural ethic of individualism and religious antiauthoritarianism. Despite clear indications that this type of spirituality is a religious adaptation or innovation to the ineluctable force of late modernity, many scholars and cultural observers continue to represent it as a weak, socially insignificant form of religious expression that is contributing to a crisis of civic engagement and community mindedness through its over‐emphasis on the self and its experiences. Claims that non‐institutional, non‐dogmatic forms of religiosity promote narcissism and social alienation are scattered throughout the social scientific literature. Yet, little empirical data support these contentions. Building on studies that demonstrate a positive correlation between individualism and civic engagement, this article suggests that future research may well discover that religiously unaffiliated spirituality is in fact a socially engaged religious expression.

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Section: This Is Also the View Of British Scholars Jeremy Carrette Anmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Nrms As a Response To Value Changes Since The Sixtiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Social Ethic of Religiously Unaffiliated Spirituality

Chandler

2008

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“…For example, Hout and Fischer [50] found that an increasing number of Americans have become disenfranchised with organized religion, and formally identify with 'no religion', although remaining privately religious. Other studies have shown that a personalized sense of religion and spirituality characterize even individuals participating in religious organizations [51][52][53].…”

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Faith and Work: An Exploratory Study of Religious Entrepreneurs

2014

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Abstract:The influence of religion on work has not been fully explored, and, in particular, the relationship between religion and entrepreneurship as a specific type of work. This study explores the link between entrepreneurial behavior and religion. The study finds that religion, for entrepreneurs, is highly individualized, leading to the initial impression that religion and work have no relationship. Upon closer inspection, however, the study finds that religion does shape entrepreneurial activity. Entrepreneurial activity is impacted by a need for the entrepreneurs to reinterpret their work in religious terms, ending the tension for them between faith and work.

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New Spirituality

Kutyło

2023

Encyclopedia of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Spirituality

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The Infirmity Debate: On the Viability of New Age Spiritualities of Life

Cited by 32 publications

References 8 publications

The Social Ethic of Religiously Unaffiliated Spirituality

The Social Ethic of Religiously Unaffiliated Spirituality

Faith and Work: An Exploratory Study of Religious Entrepreneurs

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