New Age

New Age describes a broad movement of late twentieth century and contemporary Western culture characterised by an individual eclectic approach to spiritual exploration. It has some attributes of a new, emerging religion but is currently a loose network of spiritual seekers, teachers, healers and other participants. The name "New Age" also refers to the market segment in which goods and services are sold to people in the movement.

References

Academic study of the New Age

• Albanese, Catherine L. (1990) Nature Religion in America; From the Algonkian Indians to the New Age, University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London.
• Barna, George , (1996) The Index of Leading Spiritual Indicators, Word Publishing, Dallas TX.
• Bloch, Jon P., (1998) New Spirituality, Self, and Belonging: How New Agers and Neo-Pagans Talk About Themselves, Praeger, Westport, Connceticut & London.
• Drane, John, (1999) What is the New Age Still Saying to the Church? Marshall Pickering, London.
• Ferguson, Marilyn (1982) The Aquarian Conspiracy, Paladin, London.
• Godwin, Joscelyn, (1994) The Theosophical Enlightenment, State University of New York Press, New York.
• Hanegraaff, Wouter J., (1998) New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought, State University of New York Press, Albany, New York.
• Heelas, Paul, (1996) The New Age Movement, Blackwell, Oxford.
• Heelas, Paul and Linda Woodhead (2004) The Spiritual Revolution: Why Religion is Giving Way to Spirituality, Blackwell, Oxford.
• Kemp, Daren, (2004) New Age: A Guide. Alternative Spiritualities from Aquarian Conspiracy to Next Age, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
• Kohn, Rachael, (2003) The New Believers: Re-Imagining God, HarperCollins, Sydney.
• {{Journal reference | Author=Langone, Michael D | Title=What Is ?New Age?? | Journal=Cult Observer | Year=1993 | Volume=10(1) | Pages=-}} What Is ?New Age?? Retrieved 26 Aug 2005
• Lewis, James R. and J. Gordon Melton (eds). (1992) Perspectives on the New Age, State University of New York Press, Albany, New York.
• Melton, J.Gordon , (1995) Whither the New Age? Chapter 35 of T. Miller's , America's Alternative Religions, SUNY Press, Albany, NY .
• Naisbitt J. & Aburdene P., (1990) Megatrends 2000, William Morrow & Company, New York, NY.
• Pike, Sarah M., (2004) New Age and Neopagan Religions in America, Columbia University Press, New York.
• Roof, Wade Clark (1999) Spiritual Marketplace: Baby Boomers and the Remaking of American Religion, Princeton University Press, Princeton.
• Rothstein, Mikael (ed). (2001) New Age Religion and Globalization, Aarhus University Press, Aarhus, Denmark.
• Saliba, John A., (1999) Christian Responses to the New Age Movement: A Critical Assessment, Geoffrey Chapman, London.
• Sutcliffe, Steven & Marion Bowman (eds). (2000) Beyond New Age: Exploring Alternative Spirituality, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
• Sutcliffe, Steven J., (2003) Children of the New Age: A History of Spiritual Practices, Routledge, London and New York.
• York, Michael, (1995) The Emerging Network: A Sociology fo the New Age and Neo-Pagan Movements, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Maryland.