Religion, Renewal and Choice

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  • Religion, Renewal and Choice: NEW FORMS OF RELIGION
    • SELF-RELIGIOUS AND THE NEW AGE
      • Lyon New Age spirituality rejects the idea of obligation and obedience to external authority found in traditional religions
      • Instead it emphasises the idea od life as a journey of discovery, personal development , autonomy and connecting with ones' inner self.
    • RE-ENCHATMENT OF THE WORLD
      • Lyon criticises secularisation theory for assurming that religion is declining and being replaced by rational, scientific worldview.
      • According to Weber's prediction of increasing rationalisation and disenchatment of the world, Lyon argues that we are now in a period of re-enchantment.
        • This is with the growth of unconventional beliefs, practices and spirituality.

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