The New Age Movement in American Culture

The philosophical and practical aspects of the New Age religious movement pervade American culture. The New Age Movement in American Culture is a comprehensive cultural history that surveys the major developments of the movement and demonstrates that the New Age, like most alternative religions, reflects its culture in that it exaggerates current trends at times but will also at times reject them in lieu of another path. Kyle thoroughly evaluates the New Age and finds that several themes are prominent. The twelve concise chapters that make up this book address these themes.Contents: The New Age Has Arrived; The New Age and the Occult Tradition; Precursors of the New Age in America; American Society and the New Age; The Modern New Age; New Age Religious and Philosophical Assumptions; Science and Education in the New Age; The New Age Reaches One: Politics and Economics; The New Age Turns Inward: Salvation through Psychology; Health and Healing in the New Age; The "Pop" New Age: Occult Practices; Evaluating the New Age.