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The New Metaphysicals (Paperback)
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The New Metaphysicals (Paperback)
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American spirituality - meaning astrology, yoga, and the huge
number of other alternative strains of religion pursued by
individuals outside of traditional organizations - is usually
thought to be a product of the postmodern era. Aromatherapy,
crystals, and an interest in one's aura are supposedly relics of
the narcissism and iconoclasm of the 1960s. But, as "The New
Metaphysicals" reveals, contemporary American spirituality has deep
historic roots in the nineteenth century and a great deal in common
with traditional religious movements: it turns out the New Age is
getting on in years. To explore the world of contemporary spiritual
practitioners, Courtney Bender combines research into the history
of the movement with fieldwork in Cambridge, Massachusetts - a key
site of alternative religious inquiry from Ralph Waldo Emerson and
William James to today. Through her ethnographic analysis, Bender
discovers that a focus on the new, on progress, and on the way
spiritualist beliefs intersect with science obscures the historical
roots of spirituality from its practitioners as well as from the
many scholars who have studied it. Perceptive, persuasive, and at
times gently humorous, "The New Metaphysicals" will greatly broaden
our understanding of religion in America.
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