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D'Andrea, Anthony,

Reflexive religion : the new age in Brazil and beyond / By Anthony D¿Andrea. - 1 online resource. - Religion in the Americas series Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353350 . - Religion in the Americas 19. Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353350. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction to the Spirit of the New Age in Brazil / Post-Traditional Religiosities: Reflexivity and Individualism Transforming the Religious Field / Sociological Overview of the New Age / The Perfect Self: Neo-Enlightenment and Romanticism in New Religious Forms / Ethnology of the New Age in Brazil: Hybridism, Individualism and Reflexivity / The New Age in Brazil: Religious Individualism between Spiritism and Psychological Culture / Psychological Culture: Management, Therapy and Art in the New Age / The New Age Christianity of Paulo Coelho / New Age Spiritism: The Supernatural between “The Doctrine” and Reflexivity / Niche Globalization of a Brazilian Parascience: The Case of Projectiology/Conscientiology / New Age in Latin America: From Gregarious Syncretism to Reflexive Individualism / Final Thoughts: The New Age as a Religious Pragmatic of Late Modernity / Anthony D’Andrea -- Anthony D’Andrea -- Anthony D’Andrea -- Anthony D’Andrea -- Anthony D’Andrea -- Anthony D’Andrea -- Anthony D’Andrea -- Anthony D’Andrea -- Anthony D’Andrea -- Anthony D’Andrea -- Anthony D’Andrea -- Anthony D’Andrea.

Reflexive Religion: The New Age in Brazil and Beyond examines the rise of alternative spiritualities in contemporary Brazil. Masterfully combining late modern theory with multi-site ethnographies of the New Age, it explains how traditional religion is being transformed by processes of reflexivity, globalization and individualism. The book unveils how the New Age has entered Brazil, was adapted to local Catholic, Spiritist and psychology cultures, and more recently how the Brazilian Nova Era re-enters transnational circuits of spiritual practice. It closely examines Paulo Coelho (spiritualist novels), Projectiology (astral projection) and Santo Daime (neo-shamanism) to understand the broader “new agerization” of Christianity and Spiritualism. Reflexive Religion offers a compelling account of how the religious field is being updated under late modern conditions.

ISBN: 9789004380110

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789004380110 DOI

LCCN: 2018033517

Subjects--Topical Terms:
New Age movement--Brazil.
Spiritual life--New Age movement.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Brazil--Religion.

LC Class. No.: BP605.N48 / D35 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 299.930981