New Spirituality, Self, and Belonging: How New Agers and Neo-Pagans Talk about Themselves

by Jon P. Bloch

Through in-depth interviews with 22 New Agers and Neo-Pagans, this study proposes a new model of religious identity from a sociological standpoint. The analysis demonstrates that in spite of their great diversity of beliefs and lack of strong organizational ties, a discernible community of alternative spiritualists does exist.

This volume will appeal not only to scholars of the sociology of religion, but also to sociologists interested in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275959570
• ISBN13: 9780275959579
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.6"