TY - BOOK AU - Herrick,James A TI - The making of the new spirituality: the eclipse of the Western religious tradition SN - 9780830832798 AV - BR127 PY - 2003/// CY - Downers Grove, Illinois PB - InterVarsity Press KW - Christianity and other religions KW - Religion and science KW - History KW - Spirituality N1 - 1 (pages 282.-317) and indexes; Introduction : a changing view of the spiritual world --; Antecedents of the new religious synthesis : a brief history of alternative spirituality in the West --; The rise of biblical criticism : allegory, myth, codes, and the end of history --; The ascent of reason : birth of a deity --; Science and shifting paradigms : salvation in a new cosmos --; Evolution and advancement : the Darwins' spiritual legacy --; Pantheism in the modern world : nature or God --; The rebirth of gnosticism : the secret path to self-salvation --; Modern shamanism : spirit contact and spiritual progress --; The mystical path to pluralism : discovering that all is one in religion --; Conclusion : a new spirituality for a new age; 2 ER -