By Gordon Lynch
Much attention has been given in recent writings about religion to
fundamentalism and the 'religious right'. But much less attention has
been given to their opposite - the emergence of a new generation of
progressive religious thinkers and organisations on the 'religious
left'. The New Spirituality is one of the first books to give a
comprehensive and authoritative account of this burgeoning progressive
religious movement. It offers a clear and engaging analysis of the
cultural roots, key ideas and organisational structures of this new
faith, assessing its significance in the changing moral and religious
landscape of contemporary western society. Gordon Lynch argues that we
are witnessing the rise of a new religious ideology which reveres the
natural world, connects religious faith with novel scientific theories,
and has a forward-looking agenda for society's transformation. Produced
by one of Britain's leading writers on the changing patterns of modern
religion, The New Spirituality will be essential reading for students attempting to understand the shape of religious belief in the twenty-first century.
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