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"On defining "New Age

Bibliographic Data

ID3943084
AuthorsJanet M Klippenstein (corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume34
Issue3-4
Pages391-403
Publication date2005-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-4298 • E-ISSN: 2042-0587
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/000842980503400305
OpenAlexW2091003118
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited7

New Age" is generally assumed to be distinguishable from mainstream religion, whether it is approached as a social (i.e., secular) movement or as a religious movement of sorts. Despite these distinctions, insiders and academics alike define the category in much the same way as they define religion. Because there is a dearth of theoretical and methodological consideration in analyses of New Age, however, this likeness is largely ignored. Problematic assumptions about religion-such as the distinction between religion and economics or the existence of an isolatable category of religion in the first place-are carried over uncritically to analyses of New Age. This investigation exposes some of these assumptions in order to call into question the validity of both "New Age" and "religion" as useful theoretical categories

Epistemology · Mainstream · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Secular state · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society in Latin America · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Education and Schools

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Unique citing works2
Citations per year0,15
Citation span2013 - 2016 (4)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2

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