The late 1980s have seen an explosion of interest in an unconventional set of practices and beliefs commonly called the New Age movement. As Fuller demonstrates in this surprising book, "alternative" forms of healing such as acupuncture, channeling, and crystals are nothing new in American culture. Going back to the early nineteenth century, he asserts, Americans have relied on a bewildering assortment of unorthodox medical systems that represent a characteristically American strain of religious thought--a belief that ...
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The late 1980s have seen an explosion of interest in an unconventional set of practices and beliefs commonly called the New Age movement. As Fuller demonstrates in this surprising book, "alternative" forms of healing such as acupuncture, channeling, and crystals are nothing new in American culture. Going back to the early nineteenth century, he asserts, Americans have relied on a bewildering assortment of unorthodox medical systems that represent a characteristically American strain of religious thought--a belief that spiritual, physical, and even economic well-being flow from an individual's rapport with the cosmos. He argues that these healing movements have played an important role in American religious life, offering people a more vivid experience of a "sacred reality" than do most organized religions.
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