Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions
October 15, 2023
Joana Martins
3 citations
Rituals are creative embodied and emotional practices and are central in the lived spiritual and religious experience of contemporary Pagans, strengthening their community ties. In March 2020, with the outbreak of COVID-19 and the consequent restrictions raised by the Portuguese and British governments, isolation and the impossibility of onsite ritualization led to alternative forms of...
Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions
October 15, 2023
Brad Stoddard
Book Review| November 01 2023 Review: God on Psychedelics: Tripping Across the Rubble of Old-time Religion, by Don Lattin God on Psychedelics: Tripping Across the Rubble of Old-time Religion. By Don Lattin. Apocryphile. 2023. 188 pages. $18.00 softcover; ebook available. Brad Stoddard Brad Stoddard McDaniel College Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova...
Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions
October 15, 2023
Benjamin Daniel Crace
Book Review| November 01 2023 Review: The Varieties of Spiritual Experience: 21st Century Research and Perspectives, by David B. Yaden and Andrew Newberg The Varieties of Spiritual Experience: 21st Century Research and Perspectives. By David B. Yaden and Andrew Newberg. Oxford University Press, 2022. 430 pages. $34.95 hardcover; ebook available. Benjamin Crace Benjamin Crace Independent Scholar...
Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions
October 15, 2023
Travis Vande Berg
Book Review| November 01 2023 Review: Thinking in Āsana: Movement and Philosophy in Viniyoga, Iyengar Yoga, and Ashtanga Yoga, by Matylda Ciołkosz Thinking in Āsana: Movement and Philosophy in Viniyoga, Iyengar Yoga, and Ashtanga Yoga. By Matylda Ciołkosz. Equinox Publishing, 2022. 235 pages. $90.00 hardcover; $35.00 softcover; ebook available. Travis Vande Berg Travis Vande Berg Tompkins...
Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions
January 8, 2010
Scott Lowe
3 citations
In 1975, Fairfield, Iowa became the de facto center of the Transcendental Meditation Movement in the U.S., to the dismay of many long-term residents of the town. In the following thirty-four years that the town and TM communities have coexisted, both have evolved and changed in ways that few could have anticipated. Fairfield is now a much more colorful, interesting, and prosperous community...
Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions
February 1, 2009
Erin Nix
Book Review| February 01 2009 Review: Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism, by Wouter J. Hanegraaff, Antoine Faivre, Roelof van den Broek, and Jean-Pierre Brach Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism. Edited by Wouter J. Hanegraaff with Antoine FaivreRoelof van den Broek, and Jean-Pierre Brach. Brill, 2005. 2 Vol. xxix + 1228 pages. $299.00 cloth. Erin Nix Erin Nix University of...
Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions
October 1, 2001
Kirsi Stjerna
1 citation
ABSTRACT: A remarkable number of women leaders and teachers in the history of Christianity have relied on the ‘supernatural,’ spiritual authority received through extraordinary religious experiences. Among them were the Finnish ‘sleep-preachers,’ laywomen who felt called to preach and prophesy while asleep. This article introduces the most famous of these preachers, Helena Konttinen...