Historical Dictionary of New Age Movements

by Michael Hugh Johnson and Michael Otto York

The decline of institutionalized religion in the increasingly secularized West has been offset by the contemporary spiritual development understood in the form of emerging New Age movements. This Dictionary presents the potpourri of spiritual and psycho-physical therapeutic practices associated with this affirmation of the individual's spiritual freedom, the expectation of a future golden age, the emphasis on self-development and the holistic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810848732
• ISBN13: 9780810848733
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.8"