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The expression “new age-ification” was first used by anthropologist Anthony D’Andrea in 1996 to name those detraditionalization processes of religion that result in groups or individuals involved in them in the adoption of practices, logical, and related beliefs with what is generally known as “New Age movement.” The “new age-ification,” according to this author, will even reach the traditional religions in a process that favors individual autonomy in the same proportion that tends to make those organizations specializing in the maintenance and perpetuation of religious traditions unnecessary.
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Within the academic studies of religion in Latin America, as far as it is observed, the expression “new age-ification” (originally “nova-erização,” in Portuguese) was first used by anthropologist Anthony D’Andrea in 1996 to name those detraditionalization processes of religion that result in groups or individuals involved in them in the adoption of practices, logical, and...
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Jungblut, A.L. (2015). New Age-ification. In: Gooren, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08956-0_62-1
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