Claiming knowledge: strategies of epistemology from theosophy to the New Age
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Beteilige Person: Hammer, Olav 1958- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Leiden Brill 2004
Schriftenreihe:Studies in the history of religions 90
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https://doi.org/10.1163/9789047403371
Beschreibung:Originally published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001
Includes bibliographical references and index
Preface; The Plan of This Study; Note; Acknowledgments; I. INTRODUCTION; II. SOME THEORETICAL PRELIMINARIES; III. SOME ESOTERIC POSITIONS: A HISTORICAL SKETCH; IV. THE APPEAL TO TRADITION; V. SCIENTISM AS A LANGUAGE OF FAITH; VI. NARRATIVES OF EXPERIENCE; VII. A CASE STUDY: REINCARNATION; VIII. CODA; List of Sources; References; Index of Names; Index of Subjects
This work deals with the transformation of religious creativity in the late modern West. Its point of departure is a set of esoteric beliefs, from Theosophy to the New Age. It shows how these traditions have adapted to the cultural givens of each successive epoch
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 547 pages)
ISBN:9789047403371
9789004136380
9781423714507
9047403371
900413638X
DOI:10.1163/9789047403371