New Age movments Flashcards
What is a NAM?
Achievement of self discovery, personal growth, self perfects the harness of inner potential and self awareness
Known as me religion
-A belief in natural energy, occult practice (magic and sorcery) belief in the power of nature
What is paganism?
Has 80,000 in UK
Wicca Duridry etc
Values of pagans?
Yearn towards nature (environmental like green peace vs hardcore road test)
Romanticism Classicism and Harks
Why is difficult to define new age movements?
They are very flexible so there’s no way to define paganism
Very broad
According to Bruce, why are NAM continuing to grow?
Accommodate to cultural diversity
Mirrors the postmodern right to choose
Reflects consumerist society
Bruce- how do NAM accommodate cultural diversity?
Stress unity with diversity
To insist that only one relying right and all others are wrong generates conflict
Solution is to be a relativist, if it works for you its the truth
Bruce- how do NAM mirror postmodern right to choose?
In a pm society we claim the right to believe what we want to believe, we no longer accept the old rules and expectations placed on society people in modern western society’s today have the freedom to adopt a life style of choice
NAMs appeal to the individualism valued in society today
Bruce- how do NAM reflect consumerist society?
Constitutes a global cafeteria of beliefs and practice
The NAM allows people to become consumers or spiritual shoppers who can choose to buy whatever they want
Some people may join special interest groups but may express interest by buying ideal therapies
Buying a self spiritual established the consumers in charge
What is relativism?
The claim that standards of truth vary greatly between cultures and there’s no criteria for them
What is spiritual shopping?
Individuals no longer adhere to any single faith but instead act as spiritual shoppers pick n mixing which aspects to keep whilst discarding those that don’t fit beliefs
What is global cafeteria?
Lick and choose religion in world of consumption
What is individualism?
Places emphasis upon individuals and decision and choice
Who joins NAM?
The survey of new age magazine
found that most participants middle class and age
More women
Ethnic minorities underrepresented
Heelas- what is the holistic milieu?
designated by heelas to describe environment of NAM
New age grows because individuals are encouraged within environment to focus on their spirituality
Bruce- what is the impact of NAM?
NA spirituality is only superficially popular
Most interest is in the slight and shallow
Not radical or alternative most are simply an extension of the doctor surgery, the beauty parlour and the gym
Lack in spirituality, just a lifestyle
