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Claiming Knowledge (Strategies of Epistemology from Theosophy to the New Age)
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Product Details
Author:
Olav Hammer
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
554
Publisher:
Brill (November 17, 2003)
Imprint:
Brill
Language:
English
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13:
9789004136380
ISBN-10:
900413638X
Weight:
34.72oz
Dimensions:
6.1" x 9.25" x 1.18"
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Folder:
TWO RIVERS
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$149.00
Country of Origin:
Netherlands
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35
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Overview
This volume deals with the transformation of religious creativity in the late modern West. Its point of departure is a set of esoteric beliefs, from Theosophy to the New Age. It shows how these traditions have adapted to the cultural givens of each successive epoch.
The claims of each movement have been buttressed by drawing on various structural characteristics of late modernity. The advance of science has resulted in attempts to claim scientific status for religious beliefs. Globalization has given rise to massive loans from other cultures, but also to various strategies to radically reinterpret foreign elements. Individualism has led to an increasing reliance on experience as a source of legitimacy.
The analytical tools applied to understanding religious modernization shed light on changes that are fundamentally reshaping many religious traditions.
The claims of each movement have been buttressed by drawing on various structural characteristics of late modernity. The advance of science has resulted in attempts to claim scientific status for religious beliefs. Globalization has given rise to massive loans from other cultures, but also to various strategies to radically reinterpret foreign elements. Individualism has led to an increasing reliance on experience as a source of legitimacy.
The analytical tools applied to understanding religious modernization shed light on changes that are fundamentally reshaping many religious traditions.
