Post New Age...
Hi Gloria - Thank you for sharing about your interests and journey so far! Awesome!!! I am just reading a brilliant book ' Do Christians Know How to be Spiritual?' by Professor John Drane. He talks about the rise of what he has called 'New Spirituality'...and gives lots of background and context. He sees 'New Spirituality' as coming on after 'New Age'. He says that the interests represented by what has been called 'New Age' are part of what he describes as 'New Spirituality' but that not all 'New Spirituality' would qualify as 'New Age'. ..
In the book, John Drane talks about why he prefers the term 'New Spirituality' to 'New Age'... To quote from his book: 'Not only does this have the advantage of being a more neutral, descriptive term, but it also affirms the element of serious search for meaning and purpose that has always been at the heart of this mystical strand of Western culture. Its use is also intended to imply that what is now happening is no longer a minority interest of unrepresentative groups of oddballs on the fringes of mainstream culture, but it is in important respects central to the self-understanding of Western society today.' John Drane also likes the term 'New Spirituality' because the way that the notion of the spiritual is now used is very diverse and eclectic and in significant ways has moved away from the arcane topics associated with 'New Age' ideas and practices.
Food for Thought! Bye for now, 'Archbishop'xxx
Originally posted by: Archbishop