New Age Religión and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thougth
- ISBN-10
- 9004106960
- ISBN-13
- 9789004106963
- Category
- Body, Mind & Spirit
- Pages
- 580
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996-01-01
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Author
- Wouter J. Hanegraaff
Description
This is the first comprehensive analysis of the belief structure and historical background of the New Age Movement. "New Age Religion" emerges as a thoroughly secularized form of western-esoteric traditions which can be traced back to the period of the Renaissance.
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- 1998-01-01
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