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- catalog abstract ""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." "Readership: All those interested in modern culture, intellectual history, the history of religions and theology, as well as an educated readership with an interest in esotericism and New Age thought."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11976835.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""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." "Readership: All those interested in modern culture, intellectual history, the history of religions and theology, as well as an educated readership with an interest in esotericism and New Age thought."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [519]-533) and indexes.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 547 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "9004120165 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Numen book series. Studies in the history of religions, 0169-8834 ; v.90".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in the history of religions ; 90.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Leiden ; Boston : Brill,".
- catalog subject "299/.93 21".
- catalog subject "BL51 .H35 2001".
- catalog subject "Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)".
- catalog subject "New Age movement.".
- catalog subject "Postmodernism Religious aspects.".
- catalog subject "Theosophy.".
- catalog title "Claiming knowledge : strategies of epistemology from theosophy to the new age / by Olav Hammer.".
- catalog type "text".