1st Edition

Alternative Religions Among European Youth

Edited By Luigi Tomasi Copyright 1999
192 Pages
by Routledge

195 Pages
by Routledge

195 Pages
by Routledge

Frist published in 1999, this book provides an overview of various non-conventional notions of what is sacred, currently held among European young people. It analyses the growing estrangement between traditional religious doctrines and current beliefs among young people in the following countries: France, Austria, Holland, England, Germany, Poland, Russia and Iceland. Using fist-hand statistical... Read more

1. The New Religious Paradigms and European Youth, Yves Lambert.  2. The New Perspective of Youth: Religion in Europe Towards the End of the Millennium, Lugigio Tomasi.  3. New Age: Re-Enchantment of the World? Franz Hollinger.  4. The Abstract Image of God: The Case of Dutch Youth, Jacques Jannsen.  5. New Religious Movements and Youth Culture in Great Britain, Michael York.  6. Ecstasy as ‘This Worldly Path to Salvation’: The Techno Youth Scene as a Proto-Religious Collective, Michael Corsten.  7. New Religious Phenomena in Eastern Europe, Tadeusz Doktor.  8. Alternative Creeds Among Russian Youth, Mikhail F. Chernysh.  9. Pagus et Urbanus in Iceland: Conjunctions and Disjunctions in Neo-Pagan Religion, William H. Swatos, Jr. and Loftur Reimar Gissurarson.

Biography

Luigi Tomasi