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008 081023s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aBP605.N48$bC535 2008
082 00 $a299/.930951249$222
100 1 $aChen, Shuquan.
245 10 $aContemporary New Age transformation in Taiwan :$ba sociological study of a new religious movement /$cShu-Chuan Chen ; with a foreword by James A. Beckford.
260 $aLewiston, NY :$bEdwin Mellen Press,$c2008.
263 $a0812
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aHors série
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 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 -- Self-religion, reflexive modernization, and globalization -- Self-religion -- Reflexive modernization -- Emotions and embodiment in self-religion and reflexive modernization -- Globalization and 'glocalization' -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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' -- One journey ends, another begins -- Getting healed from the movement -- Looking to the future.
650 0 $aNew Age movement$zTaiwan.
651 0 $aTaiwan$xReligion.