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Claiming Knowledge - Strategies of Epistemology from Theosophy to the New Age (Paperback)
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Claiming Knowledge - Strategies of Epistemology from Theosophy to the New Age (Paperback)
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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. This publication has also been published in
hardback, please click here for details.
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