Perspectives on the New Age

"By the end of the book, the reader will have received a comprehensive education concerning the New Age Movement—what it includes and what people inside it and outside it think about it." — Donald Evans, University of Toronto

"What is distinctive about this book is that it proceeds from a well-defined historical orientation, it offers accounts from several perspectives on significant popular phenomena in the present-day, and it anticipates future directions by means of its attention to comparative and international aspects of the subject. This is a very ambitious project that has been well-designed and effectively done.

"This book has not only made an important contribution to our understanding of "new age" phenomena, it also has taken study of the subject to a higher level and will attract new participants into the discussion." — Gene R. Thursby, University of Florida

"It is the first major study of what may well be the most important development in contemporary western religion. It will in itself establish a new field within religious studies. I would not be surprised to see courses develop with this book as the core reading." — Jordan Paper, York University