A new paradigm of spirituality and religion : contemporary shamanic practice in Scotland / [manuscript] :
MaryCatherine Burgess.
- London ; New York : Continuum, 2008.
- 216 p. ; 24 cm.
- Continuum advances in religious studies .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-206) and index.
Religion, spirituality, and contemporary shamanic practice in Scotland : exploring the relationships -- The impacts of transformational cultural change on religion and spirituality -- Seeking a new definition of religion -- What is shamanism? -- A case study of three shamanic practice groups in Scotland -- Exploring connections between cross-cultural shamanic elements and neo-shamanic expressions in Scotland : interviews, participant observation, and analysis -- Applying Hervieu-Lger's analytical model of religion to reveal a lineage of spirituality, not belief, in the shamanic chain of memory -- Patterns, conclusions, and resulting issues -- Seeing differently : a new paradigm of spirituality and religion.