Secular beats spiritual: the westernization of the easternization of the West
The decline of the Christian churches in the West is undeniable but commentators differ in their understanding of what this represents. For some it shows a decline in interest in religion as such; for others, religion has not declined, it has only changed its shape. Possible candidates for Christian...
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| Zusammenfassung: | The decline of the Christian churches in the West is undeniable but commentators differ in their understanding of what this represents. For some it shows a decline in interest in religion as such; for others, religion has not declined, it has only changed its shape. Possible candidates for Christianity's replacement are the new religious movements of the late 1960s and what is variously called New Age, alternative or contemporary spirituality. 'Secular Beats Spiritual' offers a detailed study of the religious and spiritual innovations of the last 50 years. It assesses their popularity in the UK and concludes that the 'not decline-just change' view cannot be sustained. Serious interest in spirituality has grown far less quickly than has the number of us who have no religious or spiritual interest. The most popular and enduring movements have been the least religious ones and those that have survived have done so by becoming more 'this-worldly' and less patently religious or spiritual.0Yoga is popular but as a secular exercise programme; Transcendental Meditation now markets its meditational technique as a purely secular therapy; British Buddhists now offer the secular Mindfulness; and the Findhorn Foundation (Europe's oldest New Age centre) is no longer the germ of a counter-cultural communalism but sells its expertise to major corporations. Steve Bruce also demonstrates that, although eastern religious themes (such as reincarnation and karma) have become more popular as the power of the Christian churches to stigmatise them has declined, such themes have also been significantly altered so that what superficially looks like the easternization of the West might better be described as the westernization of the easternization of the West |
| Beschreibung: | x, 199 Seiten |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
LIST
OF
FIGURES
AND TABLES
XIII
1.
THE SECULARIZATION OF THE WEST 1
2.
CONTEMPORARY
SPIRITUALITY 24
3.
YOGINS AND YOGA 60
4.
BUDDHISM RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR 85
5. ISLAM: THE UNPILLAGED EASTERN RELIGION 108
6. COUNTING THE SPIRITUAL 120
7. THE SECULAR BEATS THE SPIRITUAL 153
INDEX 195
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