New Age Spiritualities As Secular Religion

Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date of Submission Summary In the article “New Age Spiritualities as Secular Religion: a Historian’s Perspective” by Wouter J. Hanegraaff argues that the New Age religion is being manifesting in modern world. New Age is a type of secular religion that is based on private symbolism – where each individual freely practices his or her deepest self. This religion is based on collective symbolism but interpreted in individual ways. Further, New Age denotes spirituality that may or may not be rooted in religious foundation. For example, when a person pursues a calling such as believing that God spoke to him or her and writes about it, this is spirituality in New Age religion. The article claims that the main ideology of New Age movement is that people create their own reality through the process of spiritual gr...