The New Age paradox: spiritual consumerism and traditional authority at the Child of Nature festival in Russia

This article addresses the paradox of contemporary New Age spirituality, which combines the individualist ideology of the capitalist market with traditional truth claims. The underlying assumption of the New Age—that there is one universal Truth in many guises—supports this type of legitimation. I a...

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Main Author: Sadovina, Irina (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Carfax Publ. [2017]
In: Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 83-103
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Russia / New Age / Spirituality / Consumerism
Further subjects:B vernacular belief
B Vedism
B Consumerism
B New Age
B Anastasians
B ISKCON
B Paganism
B transcultural ethnography
B Russia
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