The Re-Enchantment of the West, Vol 2 - Alternative Spiritualities, Sacralization, Popular Culture and Occulture (Paperback, Annotated edition)

This volume provides a series of specific studies which further unpack and illustrate the re-enchantment and occulture theses developed in volume one. The Re-Enchantment of the West challenges those theories that predict widespread secularization beyond traditional institutional religiosity. Spiritualities are emerging that are not only quite different from the those forms of religion that are in decline, but are often defined over against them and articulated and passed on in ways quite different from those of traditional religion. In particular, it is argued that such contemporary Western spirituality is fed by a constantly replenished reservoir of ideas, practices, and methodologies, which is here termed 'occulture'. Moreover, such occultural ideas both feed into and are resourced by popular culture. Indeed, popular occulture is a key feature of the re-enchantment of the West. examines, for example, healthcare and nursing, contemporary environmentalism, psychedelia and drug use, the Internet and cyberspirituality, belief in UFOs and extraterrestrial life, demonology and the contemporary fascination with the figure of Satan, the heavy metal subculture, popular apocalypticism, and millennial violence.

General

Imprint:	T. & T. Clark
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2006
First published:	June 2006
Authors:	Christopher Partridge
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	480
Edition:	Annotated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-567-04133-3
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious experience > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious experience > General
LSN:	0-567-04133-6
Barcode:	9780567041333

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