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New Spiritualties and the Cultures of Well-being
Title
New Spiritualties and the Cultures of Well-being [electronic resource] / edited by Géraldine Mossière.
ISBN
9783031062636
Edition
1st ed. 2022.
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
Physical Description
1 online resource (VI, 184 p.) 1 illus.
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Summary
Inspired by the neoliberal paradigm that transposes religious behaviors into a religious marketplace framed by consumerist and capitalist models, this volume draws on ethnographic fieldwork to discuss the assemblage between the well-being trope and the rise of new spiritualities, as well as their deep permeation within mainstream culture. Building on previous literature that addresses the relationship between spirituality, healing and well-being, this text discusses the religious roots of mind-body practices. The contributions offer a critical perspective on the scope, limits and impacts of the current celebration of spiritualities. Part I provides theoretical insights for thinking about ways in which the prevalent ethics of well-being reframes subjectivities within the margins of neoliberal order. Part II demonstrates how spiritual economies are promoted, shaped and regulated by institutional forces such as States, law and the labor market. In part III, contributors describe in detail how spiritual economies unfold in specific cultural and social settings. The text appeals to students and researchers working on the spirituality and sociology of religion.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 20, 2022
Series
Religion, Spirituality and Health: A Social Scientific Approach, 6
Contents
Introduction: Spiritual economies and the ethics of well-being
Section 1: Ethics of well-being and the spiritual subject
Chapter 1. Discovering a True Self and Experiencing Uncertain Subjectivity. Gap and Contradiction between conceptions of the Modern Subject in New Spiritualties
Chapter 2. Personal Development Discourse and the Culture of Well-Being: The Secular Wing of the Spiritual Turn
Chapter 3. Well-being and virtuous life among converts : how spiritual coaching delineate relational subjectivities
Section 2: Institutionalization and (de)regulation of spiritualities and good life
Chapter 4. Smudging, Yoga and Ethical Veganism: Exploring the Boundaries of Religious and Spiritual Practice in Law
Chapter 5. Iran from the 1990s: Economic reforms and spiritual transformations?
Chapter 6. When Spirituality Becomes Spiritual Labor: Workplace Mindfulness as Practice of Well-being and Productivity
Chapter 7. The Ethics of Paying Attention: Nature Connection as Subjective Activism
Section 3: New spiritualities and the social construction of the good life
Chapter 8. The Entanglement of Spirituality, Wellbeing and 'Spiritual Economy' in Brazil: The Shift from 'Living well together' to 'Leading a good life'
Chapter 9. The institutionalization of Spiritual Healing in West Africa: The Emergence of Roqya Clinics in Ivory Coast
Chapter 10. The Land of Tomorrow: Nature and the Curation of the Self on the West Coast
Chapter 11. Well-being in Neo-spiritual Dance Practice
Chapter 12. Circles of «sacred femininity» in Russia: balancing between tradition and innovation in working on self
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