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.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780773448803
Subjects: New Age movement -- Taiwan.; Taiwan -- Religion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-240) and indexes.
Table of contents: value: Beginning of the journey; value: A sociological approach; value: Methodology; value: The concept of 'New Age'; value: New Age : one whole movement?; value: Network or milieu?; value: New Age and alternative healing; value: New Age religion and the New Age movement; value: New Age as 'popular religion'; value: New Age as 'new spirituality movement and culture'; value: A 'fluid' perspective on the New Age movement; value: Conclusion; value: Self-religion, reflexive modernization, and globalization; value: Self-religion; value: Reflexive modernization; value: Emotions and embodiment in self-religion and reflexive modernization; value: Globalization and 'glocalization'; value: Conclusion; value: The range of the New Age movement in Taiwan; value: The history of religion in Taiwan; value: The social and previous religious backgrounds of participants; value: The characteristics of New Age spiritualities; value: Conclusion; value: Transformation I : self, emotions and feeling rules in New Age practices; value: Bringing emotions back to 'self-religion'; value: New Age practices and transformations; value: Reflexivity and emotions in New Age practices; value: Feeling rules in New Age practices; value: Conclusion; value: Transformation II : healing, self-identity and expert knowledge in New Age practices; value: How do people become involved in the NAM?; value: Healing and self-identity; value: New Age and 'alternative' expert knowledge; value: Conclusion; value: Transformation III : organizations, networks and globalization in the New Age movement; value: Organizations and leadership of the NAM; value: Networking in a spiritual marketplace; value: Globalization : parallel 'glocalization'; value: Conclusion; value: One journey ends, another begins; value: Getting healed from the movement; value: Looking to the future.