Contemporary New Age transformation in Taiwan
Subtitle: a sociological study of a new religious movement
By: Shu-Chuan Chen ; with a foreword by James A. Beckford.
Series: Hors série
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lewiston, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780773448803
Subjects: New Age movement -- Taiwan; Taiwan -- Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Beginning of the journey; title: A sociological approach; title: Methodology; title: The concept of New Age; title: New Age  : one whole movement; title: Network or milieu?; title: New Age and alternative healing; title: New Age religion and the New Age Movement; title: New Age as popular religion; title: New Age as new spirituality movement and culture; title: A 'fluid' perspective on the New Age Movement; title: Self-religion, reflexive modernization, and globalization; title: Self-religion; title: Reflexive modernization; title: Emotions and embodiment in self-religion and reflexive modernization; title: Globalization and 'glocalization'; title: The range of the New Age Movement in Taiwan; title: The history of religion in Taiwan; title: The social and previous religious backgrounds of participants; title: The characteristics of New Age spiritualities; title: Transformation I : self, emotions, and feeling rules in New Age practices; title: Bringing emotions back to 'self-religion'; title: New Age practices and transformations; title: Reflexivity and emotions in New Age practices; title: Feeling rules in New Age practices; title: Transformation II : healing, self-identity, and expert knowledge in New Age practices; title: How do people become involved in the NAM?; title: Healing and self-identity; title: New Age and 'alternative' expert knowledge; title: Transformation III : organizations, networks, and  globalization in the New Age Movement; title: Organizations and leadership of the NAM; title: Networking in a spiritual marketplace; title: Globalization : parallel 'glocalization'; title: One journey ends, another begins; title: Getting healed from the movement; title: Looking to the future.