New Paradigm of Spirituality and Religion
Contemporary Shamanic Practice in Scotland
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780826499653
Number of Pages: 224
Width: 15.6 cm
Height: 23.4 cm
Weaving theory and practice together, MaryCatherine Burgess explores the historically difficult relationship between religion and spirituality by applying cross-cultural elements of shamanism and Dani??le Hervieu-L??ger's Model of 'Religion as a Chain of Memory' to her study of contemporary shamanic practice in Scotland. Within the context of cultural and religious change, she utilises Hervieu-L??ger's analytical model to uncover a shamanic worldview that carries in its memory and practice a lineage of spirituality, not belief. This distinction sheds critical light on a new paradigm of spirituality and religion that reflects how many in Western societies currently respond to institutional religion.
1. Religion, Spirituality and Contemporary Shamanic Practice in Scotland - Exploring the Relationships; 2. The Impacts of Transformational Cultural Change on Religion and Spirituality; 3. Seeking a New Definition of Religion; 4. What is Shamanism?; 5. A Case Study of Three Shamanic Practice Groups in Scotland; 6. Exploring Connections Between Cross-Cultural Shamanic Elements and Neo-Shamanic Expressions in Scotland: Interviews, Participant Observation, and Analysis; 7. Applying Hervieu-Leger's Analytical Model of Religion to Reveal a Lineage of Spirituality, not Belief, in the Shamanic Chain of Memory; 8. Patterns, Conclusions, and Resulting Issues; 9. Seeing Differently - A New Paradigm of Spirituality and Religion; Bibliography.
"A fascinating reading on the contemporary forms of urban shamanism in Scotland."Mihaly Hoppal, president of the International Society for Shamanistic Research (Budapest, Hungary)