Seeking Transcendence

The Quest for Spirituality in an Age of Detachment

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

AvJoseph C. Manzella,USA) Manzella, Joseph C. (Southern Connecticut State University

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Seeking Transcendence examines the various paths taken by those who have detached themselves from their traditional, institutional religious roots but are seeking non-traditional paths to spiritual experiences. Called the “nones” or "non-affiliated" in popular mass media, these include a significant number of Western folks who maintain a belief in God or at least consider themselves “spiritual but not religious”.Each chapter of the book explores these trends with a specific theme, as well as a case study based on the author’s ethnographic observation of alternative spiritual communities and practices in North America and Western Europe.Ultimately, this book shows how contemporary alternatives to traditional institutional religion appeal to nones, presenting the relevance of new religious movements and more secular spiritual paths to transcendence.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-06-23
Mått152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt450 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor228
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781032892733

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Joseph C. Manzella, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Southern Connecticut State University, USA. He is co-founder of the Anthropology department and served as its first chair, and has published several articles and two books on media and community in Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, South Africa, Western Europe, Venezuela and the United States. The subject of his 2010 book Common Purse, Uncommon Future was intentional communities.

AcknowledgementsPrologue: A Spiritual Journey1. Introduction: TranscendenceI’m Spiritual, Not Religious, But. . .An Italian FantasyAn Age of DetachmentMainstream and TraditionEurope vs. North AmericaWhat the Data Reveal2. Are There Cults?What is a Cult?Higher Ed Moonies Cultification Summary 3. Evangelicals: Politics and MediaEvangelism in a BarnSummary4. From East To WestAn Age of Gurus Look Toward Easternization Two Domes Amid the Corn The Science of TM Yogananda’s Legacy Becoming a Guru At a Convocation SRF Monastics Of Temples and Shrines Variations on a ThemeSummary5. Indigenous SpiritualitySun Dance and Modern Movements Of Boarding Schools Summary 6. New Age NeopaganEarth and Spirituality Floating in a Sea of the Mind The New Age Envelope New Thought A Wiccan Story: There and Back Again Summary 7. Meditation In MotionArt of Softness Tai Chi SpiritualityLabyrinths, Another Meditation in Motion Summary 8. Thin Places of Peace: Alternative ChristianityLiminal SpacesAshore on Iona Summary 9. Pilgrimages and Other Spiritual JourneysThe Secular and the SpiritualSummaryEpilogue: The ThreadsNorth of Taos