03417nam 22006854a 450 991078346950332120230617024920.01-280-46528-X97866104652861-4237-1450-490-474-0337-110.1163/9789047403371(CKB)1000000000033718(EBL)253716(OCoLC)191039435(SSID)ssj0000122871(PQKBManifestationID)11145678(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122871(PQKBWorkID)10131846(PQKB)10533990(MiAaPQ)EBC253716(nllekb)BRILL9789047403371(Au-PeEL)EBL253716(CaPaEBR)ebr10089748(CaONFJC)MIL46528(OCoLC)60883207(EXLCZ)99100000000003371820031007e20042001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrClaiming knowledge[electronic resource] strategies of epistemology from theosophy to the New Age /by Olav HammerLeiden ;Boston Brill20041 online resource (569 p.)Numen book series. Studies in the history of religions,0169-8834 ;v. 90Originally published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.90-04-13638-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Some Theoretical Preliminaries -- Some Esoteric Positions: A Historical Sketch -- The Appeal to Tradition -- Scientism as a Language of Faith -- Narratives of Experience -- A Case Study: Reincarnation -- Coda -- List of Sources -- References -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects -- Studies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series.This volume 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. The claims of each movement have been buttressed by drawing on various structural characteristics of late modernity. The advance of science has resulted in attempts to claim scientific status for religious beliefs. Globalization has given rise to massive loans from other cultures, but also to various strategies to radically reinterpret foreign elements. Individualism has led to an increasing reliance on experience as a source of legitimacy. The analytical tools applied to understanding religious modernization shed light on changes that are fundamentally reshaping many religious traditions. This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details.Studies in the history of religions ;90.Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)PostmodernismReligious aspectsTheosophyNew Age movementKnowledge, Theory of (Religion)PostmodernismReligious aspects.Theosophy.New Age movement.299/.93Hammer Olav1496913MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783469503321Claiming knowledge3761965UNINA