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Author Hammer, Olav.

Title Claiming knowledge : strategies of epistemology from theosophy to the New Age / by Olav Hammer.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.
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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 547 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Numen book series. Studies in the history of religions, 0169-8834 ; v. 90
Studies in the history of religions ; 90.
Note Originally published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Preface; The Plan of This Study; Note; Acknowledgments; I. INTRODUCTION; II. SOME THEORETICAL PRELIMINARIES; III. SOME ESOTERIC POSITIONS: A HISTORICAL SKETCH; IV. THE APPEAL TO TRADITION; V. SCIENTISM AS A LANGUAGE OF FAITH; VI. NARRATIVES OF EXPERIENCE; VII. A CASE STUDY: REINCARNATION; VIII. CODA; List of Sources; References; Index of Names; Index of Subjects.
Summary This work deals with the transformation of religious creativity in the late modern West. Its point of departure is a set of esoteric beliefs, from Theosophy to the New Age. It shows how these traditions have adapted to the cultural givens of each successive epoch.
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Subject Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)
Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)
Postmodernism -- Religious aspects.
Postmodernism -- Religious aspects.
Theosophy.
Theosophy.
New Age movement.
New Age movement.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Hammer, Olav. Claiming knowledge. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004 900413638X (DLC) 2003065315 (OCoLC)53223699
ISBN 1423714504 (electronic book)
9781423714507 (electronic book)
9047403371
9789047403371
9789004136380 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
900413638X (paperback ; alkaline paper)

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