Bücher der Reihe Theology and Religion in Interdisciplinary Perspective Series

Discussing Christian language, this volume looks at how sociology has been appropriated for the purposes of the Church's widespread ideology, the idea that Christianity contains its own sociology and the effects of various political, aesthetic and secular tensions, among other subjects.

Provides a sociological account of contemporary religious phenomena such as channelling, holistic healing, meditation and divination, which are usually classed as part of a New Age Movement. This work criticises the view that such phenomena represent spirituality in which self-authority is paramount.