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Author: Paul Heelas, David Martin, Paul Morris
By Wiley-Blackwell

Author: Paul Heelas, Linda Woodhead
By Wiley-Blackwell

Comparing existing evidence from the USA and Europe, with a UK-based study of religion and spirituality, this fascinating book addresses the most pressing question in the study of religion today: are new forms of spirituality overtaking traditional forms of religion?

Based on the detailed study of religion and spirituality in Kendal, UK

Compares pioneering findings from Kendal with existing evidence from the USA and Europe

Provides a theoretical perspective which explains both secularization and sacralization

Offers some startling predictions about the future of religion and spirituality in the west

Is written in an accessible and lively style, and will appeal to a broad range of readers interested in the future direction of belief in the western world.

Buy it if it's right for you, 2010-09-07
An interesting and challenging book, but one to be read critically.

The spirituality referred to in the title is a spirituality of the self - I am my own supreme spiritual authority, because no one knows what it's like to be me better than I do. This spirituality should be on the rise as it resonates with the dominant idea of the age - the autonomous individual, subject to know one but himself - but this spirituality of the self hasn't done quite as well as the authors hoped to prove.

The representation of Christian congregations is something of a caricature, nevertheless it gives an alternative perspective on why churches in the west are declining.

Author: Paul Heelas
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Author: Paul Heelas
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Oh dear..., 2009-03-03
I wish I could read this book. I am sure Paul Heelas is a nice man and has lots to say. I read his earlier work with Woodhead on the Kendal Project and found it fascinating. Here he seeks to give credibility to the New Age religions. Unfortunately the book is unreadable. Maybe in some circles that passes for academic gravitas but you would have to chisel your way through this to get any sense out of it.

Author: Paul Heelas, Linda Woodhead, Benjamin Seel, Bronislaw Szerszynski, Karin Tusting
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Buy it if it's right for you, 2010-09-07
An interesting and challenging book, but one to be read critically.

The spirituality referred to in the title is a spirituality of the self - I am my own supreme spiritual authority, because no one knows what it's like to be me better than I do. This spirituality should be on the rise as it resonates with the dominant idea of the age - the autonomous individual, subject to know one but himself - but this spirituality of the self hasn't done quite as well as the authors hoped to prove.

The representation of Christian congregations is something of a caricature, nevertheless it gives an alternative perspective on why churches in the west are declining.

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