A new paradigm of spirituality and religion
Subtitle: contemporary shamanic practice in Scotland
By: MaryCatherine Burgess.
Series: Continuum advances in religious studies
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780826499653
Subjects: Religion; Spirituality; Shamanism; Shamanism -- Scotland; Scotland -- Religion
Description: "Weaving theory and practice together, MaryCatherine Burgess explores the historically difficult relationship between religion and spirituality by applying cross-cultural elements of shamanism and Dani le Hervieu-L ger's Model of 'Religion as a Chain of Memory' to her study of contemporary shamanic practice in Scotland. Within the context of cultural and religious change, she utilises Hervieu-L ger's analytical model to uncover a shamanic worldview that carries in its memory and practice a lineage of spirituality, not belief. This distinction sheds critical light on a new paradigm of spirituality and religion that reflects how many in Western societies currently respond to institutional religion."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-206) and index.
Table of contents: title: Religion, spirituality, and contemporary shamanic practice in Scotland : exploring the relationships; title: The impacts of transformational cultural change on religion and spirituality; title: Seeking a new definition of religion; title: What is shamanism?; title: A case study of three shamanic practice groups in Scotland; title: Exploring connections between cross-cultural shamanic elements and neo-shamanic expressions in Scotland : interviews, participant observation, and analysis; title: Applying Hervieu-Lger's analytical model of religion to reveal a lineage of spirituality, not belief, in the shamanic chain of memory; title: Patterns, conclusions, and resulting issues; title: Seeing differently : a new paradigm of spirituality and religion.