{"product_id":"claiming-knowledge-olav-hammer-9789004136380","title":"Claiming Knowledge: Strategies of Epistemology from Theosophy to the New Age","description":"This volume 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.\u003cbr\u003eThe claims of each movement have been buttressed by drawing on various structural characteristics of late modernity. The advance of science has resulted in attempts to claim scientific status for religious beliefs. Globalization has given rise to massive loans from other cultures, but also to various strategies to radically reinterpret foreign elements. Individualism has led to an increasing reliance on experience as a source of legitimacy. \u003cbr\u003eThe analytical tools applied to understanding religious modernization shed light on changes that are fundamentally reshaping many religious traditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis publication has also been published in hardback, please \u003cb\u003eclick here\u003c\/b\u003e for details.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Olav Hammer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 900413638X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004136380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.38h x 9.36w x 1.47d","brand":"Olav Hammer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941297127679,"sku":"9789004136380","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_933075a6-0f7f-40f3-a381-ab901a402830.jpg?v=1681452092","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/claiming-knowledge-olav-hammer-9789004136380","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}