Alternative religions among European youth. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Luigi Tomasi.
• Editors: Tomasi, Luigi
• Contents: Cover; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. Sociological theory and NRMs; 2. Spiritual responses to normative breakdown; 3. The differentiation and plurality of faiths without membership; 4. Alternative religions and young people; 1: The new religious paradigms and European youth; Introduction; 1. Modernity as a new axial period; 2. Searching for the distinctive religious features of modernity; 3. The new religious paradigms against the background of a general model of the relationships between religion and modernity 4. Why have parallel beliefs and NRMs burgeoned in the past thirty years?Conclusion; 2: The new perspective of youth: religion in Europe towards the end of the millennium; Introduction; 1. The youth of Western Europe and religion; 2. The theory of materialism/postmaterialism; Conclusion; 3: New Age: re-enchantment of the world?; Introduction; 1. Enchantment and magic; 2. The goals and results of esoteric practices; 3. Intended and non-intended consequences of new esotericism; 4: The abstract image of God: the case of Dutch youth; Introduction 1. The diversity of the religiosity of Dutch youth2. What young people do and think: prayer and the image of God; Conclusion; 5: New religious movements and youth culture in Great Britain; 6: Ecstasy as 'this-worldly path to salvation': the techno youth scene as a proto-religious collective; Introduction; 1. Theoretical considerations: scenes as 'cool places' for young people; 1.1 Scenes: a sociological definition; 1.2 Experience of scene events; 1.2.1 Locality: time-spatio arrangements and social atmosphere of scene events 1.2.2 Audience: the social characteristics of persons at scene events2. The collective assignment of scene specificities and the proto-religious dimension of its validation: salvation ways of scene; 2.1 The symbolic structural differentiation of validating scene practices; 2.2 Youth scenes: local audiences of adolescents; 2.3 Social specificities of music and dance activities; 3. Interpretive analysis of symbolic practices; 3.1 Design: text analysis of described practices and their experience; 3.1.1 Methodological standpoint; 3.1.2 Implications for the research design; 3.2 Data collection 3.3 Data analysis4. Results; 4.1 Symbolic structuring of scene events; 4.2 The spatial arrangement; 4.3 Non-verbal rules of validating symbolized identity; 4.3.1 Non-verbal constitution of interpersonal encounter; 4.3.2 Erotic playfulness of dancing bodies; Conclusion; 7: New religious phenomena in Eastern Europe; Introduction; 1. Church religiosity; 2. Alternative religiosity; 3. Characteristics of members; 4. Reactions to NRMs; 8: Alternative creeds among Russian youth; Introduction; 1. The evolution of the young; 2. Qualitative analysis; 2.1 Family problems; 2.2 Blind alley situation
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306.6/0835/094; Youth -- Religious life -- Europe; New Age movement -- Social aspects -- Europe; RELIGION / Comparative Religion; RELIGION / Essays; RELIGION / Reference; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; New Age movement -- Social aspects; Youth -- Religious life; Europe; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429460548; 0429460546; 9780429864032; 0429864035; 9780429864018; 0429864019; 9780429864025; 0429864027
• Related ISBNs: 1138624705; 9781138624702
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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