NRMs; Guru Movements; New Age
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | NRMs; Guru Movements; New Age - AoL East and West |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Inga Bårdsen Tøllefsen; University of Tromsø.; Norway |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Milda Ališauskienė; Vytautas Magnus University; Lithuania |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | James R. Lewis; University of Tromsø; Norway |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Religious Studies |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | Art of Living Foundation; Western New Religious Movements; New Age Religions |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | The first chapter is mainly be theoretical in scope, but with references to AoL throughout that place the organization within broader analytical categories that have been developed within religious studies. It surveys contrasting definitions of religion and new religious movements, as well as current discussions of secularism/secularization and of the ‘New Age’ category – both in India and in the West. It further examines the broader influence of Hinduism on Western NRMs and the Western New Age. It is interesting to note that in the Indian context, Hindu or neo-Hindu ‘guru movements’ are not technically what would be called new religious movements in Western countries. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| 8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Oct-2026 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | case study |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/22317 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.22317 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; AoL East and West |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
international, contemporary |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |